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mercurize

American

[mur-kyuh-rahyz] / ˈmɜr kyəˌraɪz /

especially British, mercurise

verb (used with object)

mercurized, mercurizing

mercurate.

Other Word Forms

mercurization noun

Etymology

Origin of mercurize

mercur(y) + -ize

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