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Webster 1913 Edition

Mercurify

Mer-cu′ri-fy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Mercurified
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Mercurifying
.]
[
Mercury
+
-fy
.]
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.
[R.]
2.
To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury; to mercurialize.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Mercurify

MERCU'RIFY

,
Verb.
T.
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.

Definition 2024

mercurify

mercurify

English

Verb

mercurify ‎(third-person singular simple present mercurifies, present participle mercurifying, simple past and past participle mercurified)

  1. (rare, transitive) To obtain mercury from (a mineral, etc.).
  2. (rare, transitive) To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury.

Synonyms

Etymology

mercury +‎ -fy

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