mercurize

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mer⋅cu⋅rize

[mur-kyuh-rahyz]

–verb (used with object), -rized, -riz⋅ing.

mercurate (def. 2).

Also, especially British, mer⋅cu⋅rise.

Origin:
mercur(y) + -ize

Related forms:

mer⋅cu⋅ri⋅za⋅tion, noun

[mur-kyuh-reyt]

noun, verb, -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing. Chemistry

–noun

1.	Also, mer⋅cu⋅ri⋅ate [mer-kyoor-ee-it, -eyt] Show IPA . any salt in which bivalent mercury is part of a complex anion.

–verb (used with object)

2.	Also, mercurize. to introduce mercury into (an organic compound); treat with mercury.

Origin:
1920–25; mercury + -ate ²

Related forms:

mer⋅cu⋅ra⋅tion, noun

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