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mercurialize, v.|mɜːˈkjʊərɪəlaɪz|
[f. mercurial + -ize.]
†1. intr. To play the part of a ‘mercurial’ person; also to mercurialize it. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Mercurializer, to mercurialize it; to be humorous, fantasticall, new-fangled. 1656Blount Glossogr., Mercurialize, to be humorous or phantastical, to be light footed; to prattle or babble; Also to be eloquent.
2. trans. To render mercurial in temper.
1862Temple Bar VI. 195 A variety of amusements which..mercurialise the race that delights in them.
3. Med. To subject to the action of mercury.
1843R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. viii. 96 You may have fully mercurialized your patient. 1880M. Mackenzie Dis. Throat & Nose I. 35 Those who have..been mercurialised are very subject to the affection [of pharyngeal catarrh].
4. Photography. To treat with mercury; to expose to the vapour of mercury.
1843[W. H. T.] Photogr. Manip. 27 Mercurializing the Plate. 1856Miller Elem. Chem., Inorg. 1144.
Hence merˈcurialized ppl. a., merˈcurializing vbl. n.
1841Amer. Jrnl. Sci. XL. 138 A..mercurializing apparatus. 1845Photogr. made easy 29 The mercurializing process. Ibid., The mercurializing box. 1855Grove Corr. Phys. Forces (ed. 3) 91 The mercurialised portions of a daguerreotype. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 933 Men are said to have become mercurialised by volatilisation of the metal. |