| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb mercurify.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (mercurify) | 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] | |
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Date "MERCURIFYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (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. | ||
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