| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterward condensed.[Websters]
2. To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury; to mercurialize.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: mercurifying, mercurified, mercurifies, mercurifier, mercurifiers, mercurifyingly and mercurifiedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "MERCURIFY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Note: Mercurify \Mer*cu"ri*fy\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Mercurified; present participle verb or noun Mercurifying.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: MERCURIFY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To obtain mercury from metallic minerals, which it is said may be done by a large lens, the intense heat of which expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterwards condensed. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
