Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mercury
Participle: mercuried
Gerund: mercurying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mercury |
| you | mercury |
| he;she;it | mercuries |
| we | mercury |
| you | mercury |
| they | mercury |
Perfect
| I | have mercuried |
| you | have mercuried |
| he;she;it | has mercuried |
| we | have mercuried |
| you | have mercuried |
| they | have mercuried |
Past
| I | mercuried |
| you | mercuried |
| he;she;it | mercuried |
| we | mercuried |
| you | mercuried |
| they | mercuried |
Pluperfect
| I | had mercuried |
| you | had mercuried |
| he;she;it | had mercuried |
| we | had mercuried |
| you | had mercuried |
| they | had mercuried |
Future
| I | will mercury |
| you | will mercury |
| he;she;it | will mercury |
| we | will mercury |
| you | will mercury |
| they | will mercury |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mercuried |
| you | will have mercuried |
| he;she;it | will have mercuried |
| we | will have mercuried |
| you | will have mercuried |
| they | will have mercuried |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mercury |
| you | mercury |
| he;she;it | mercury |
| we | mercury |
| you | mercury |
| they | mercury |
Perfect
| I | have mercuried |
| you | have mercuried |
| he;she;it | have mercuried |
| we | have mercuried |
| you | have mercuried |
| they | have mercuried |
Imperfect
| I | mercuried |
| you | mercuried |
| he;she;it | mercuried |
| we | mercuried |
| you | mercuried |
| they | mercuried |
Pluperfect
| I | had mercuried |
| you | had mercuried |
| he;she;it | had mercuried |
| we | had mercuried |
| you | had mercuried |
| they | had mercuried |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mercury |
| you | would mercury |
| he;she;it | would mercury |
| we | would mercury |
| you | would mercury |
| they | would mercury |
Perfect
| I | would have mercuried |
| you | would have mercuried |
| he;she;it | would have mercuried |
| we | would have mercuried |
| you | would have mercuried |
| they | would have mercuried |
Imperative
| you | mercury |
| we | Let's mercury |
| you | mercury |
Verbs conjugated like 'mercury'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mercury'
mercify,
mercurify,
mercy,
bebury,
becry,
becurl,
berry,
decry,
decurt,
descry,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Latin Mercurius
3. Latin mercuriusder.
4. Middle English mercurie
5. English mercury
6. The noun is derived from Middle English mercurie (“metallic chemical element, quicksilver; a plant, probably goosefoot (genus Chenopodium); (possibly) dog’s mercury (Mercurialis perennis); etc.”), borrowed from Late Latin mercurius (“metallic chemical element, quicksilver”), Latin Mercurius (“Mercury, the Roman god of commerce, communication, etc.; the planet Mercury; etc.”), possibly from merc-, a stem of merx (“goods, wares; merchandise”); further etymology uncertain, possibly:
7. * from Etruscan; or
8. * from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“to divide”), or *merkʷ- (“to grasp; to take”).
9. The suffix -urius is also thought to be from Etruscan.
10. Noun sense 1 (“metallic chemical element”) is from the association in medieval alchemy of the seven known metals—gold, silver, quicksilver, copper, iron, tin, and lead—with the Sun, the Moon, and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. An analogy was probably also drawn between the element being liquid at room temperature, and the Roman god Mercury’s attribute of swiftness.
11. Noun sense 2 (“senses relating to plants”) is derived from mercurial (“(obsolete) any of the plants now known as mercury”, noun), from Middle English mercurial (“a plant, probably goosefoot (genus Chenopodium); (possibly) dog’s mercury (Mercurialis perennis)”, noun) from Anglo-Norman mercurial, Old French mercurial, or directly from their etymon Latin mercuriālis (“a plant, probably annual mercury (Mercurialis annua)”), short for herba mercuriālis (“(probably) annual mercury”, literally “herb or plant of the god Mercury”). Mercuriālis (“pertaining to the Roman god Mercury”, adjective) is derived from Mercurius (“the Roman god Mercury”) (see above) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns).
12. Noun sense 2.2.2.1 (“Blitum bonus-henricus”) is from the fact that this plant was often confused with annual mercury (noun sense 2.1).
13. The verb is derived from the noun.
Sample Sentences
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In proceeding to elucidate my process, I will divide it into six parts, the first three of which will be confined to plate cleaning; the fourth to coating with chemicals; the fifth to mercurying and chemicals, and the sixth to finishing with general remarks. [1851 September, J. H. Fitzgibbon, “Article V. Daguerreotypeing Simplified”, in M. Tarver, editor, The Western Journal, of Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, and General Literature, volume VI, number VI, St. Louis, Mo.: […] Moritz Neidner […], →OCLC, page 381:]
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An image is but an appearance on glass that has been mercuried. It cannot be a friend. [1929, Rebecca West [pseudonym; Cicily Isabel Fairfield], chapter V, in Harriet Hume: A London Fantasy, London: Hutchinson & Co. […], →OCLC, page 228:]
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[T]he room mercuried / in dusk, pigeon loose / and flying frantic against walls, mirror, chilly xylophone of hangers set ringing by its wings. [a. 1995 (date written), Lynda Hull, “At the Westland”, in David Wojahn, editor, The Only World: Poems, New York, N.Y.: Harper Perennial, published 1995, →ISBN, part III, page 61:]
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[…] I knovv, you ha' not a finger, but is as long as my quiuer (couſin Mercvrie) vvhen you pleaſe to extend it. […] Alas, your palmes (Ivpiter knovves) they are as tender as the foot of a foundred nagge, or a ladies face nevv mercuried, the'ile [they'll] touch nothing. [1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 186:]
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As for bloodletting, their prime cooler, it is inflammatory; and they know it (parrot-wise), for the thumping heart, and bounding pulse, of pashints blid [bled] by butchers in black, and bullocks blid by butchers in blue, prove it; and they have recorded this in all their books; yet stabbed, and bit, and starved, and mercuried, and murdered, on. [[1863 March 28 – December 26, Charles Reade, chapter III, in Hard Cash: A Matter-of-fact Romance. […] (Collection of British Authors; 731), copyright edition, volume I, Leipzig, Saxony: Bernhard Tauchnitz, published 1864, →OCLC, page 76:]