Definition of Mineralise

1. [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mineralise

mineral oil
mineral oils
mineral pitch
mineral processing
mineral resources
mineral right
mineral soil
mineral spirits
mineral tar
mineral vein
mineral water
mineral waters
mineral wax
mineral wool
mineralisation
mineralise (current term)
mineralised
mineralises
mineralising
mineralist
mineralists
minerality
mineralizable
mineralization
mineralizations
mineralize
mineralized
mineralizer
mineralizers
mineralizes

Literary usage of Mineralise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to Technical Writing by Thomas Arthur Rickard (1910)
"It comes to us from the French, who will say that an ore is lien mineralise, just as we (with an apology) may say that it is 'well mineralized'. ..."

2. Proceedings (1908)
"... these contact beds, or percolating filters, or whatever you like to call them, retain organic matter, and do not mineralise it in three minutes as they ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Also spelled mineralise. Silver, tin. copper, lead, zinc, and iron are obtained almost exclusively in the form of ores — that is, in combination with a ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"... and this, acting along with chemical changes, would gradually mineralise the vegetable layers into coal. Microscopical examine. tion shows that coal ..."

5. A New Study of English Poetry by Henry John Newbolt (1919)
"... mineralise, electrify, and liquefy style, making it, to a certain extent, live the same life as that of matter. ..."

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