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mercurify

mercurify verb: to obtain mercury from (a mineral, etc.).

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:
    mercurialize

Synonyms of mercurify

Forms of mercurify

third-person singular presentmercurifies
present participlemercurifying
past participlemercurified
pastmercurified

Origin of mercurify

From mercury + -fy.

Questions about mercurify

What does mercurify mean?
Mercurify means to obtain mercury from (a mineral, etc.).
What part of speech is mercurify?
Mercurify is a verb.
What is the past tense of mercurify?
The past tense of mercurify is mercurified.

Words near mercurify in the dictionary

  1. mercuries
  2. mercuriferous
  3. mercurification
  4. mercurified
  5. mercurifies
  6. mercurify
  7. mercurifying
  8. Mercurio
  9. mercuriocyclization
  10. Mercurios
  11. mercuriousness

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