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Mercurialize
Mer-cu′ri-al-ize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Mercurialized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mercurializing
.] 1.
(Med.)
To affect with mercury.
2.
(Photography)
To treat with mercury; to expose to the vapor of mercury.
Mer-cu′ri-al-ize
,Verb.
I.
To be sprightly, fantastic, or capricious.
[Obs.]
Definition 2024
mercurialize
mercurialize
English
Verb
mercurialize (third-person singular simple present mercurializes, present participle mercurializing, simple past and past participle mercurialized)
- (chemistry, transitive) To treat with mercury (the metal).
- (obsolete) To be sprightly, fantastic, or capricious.