noun
Origin: Ger, contr. < ML mercurium captans, lit., seizing mercury < L mercurius, mercury (see mercury, n.) + captans, prp. of captare, to seize, freq. of capere: see have
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noun
Origin:
Origin: German
Origin: , from Danish
Origin: , from Medieval Latin (corpus) mercurium captāns, (a substance) seizing mercury
Origin: : mercurium
Origin: , accusative of mercurius, mercury; see mercury
Origin: + Latin captāns
Origin: , present participle of captāre, frequentative of capere, to seize; see capture
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