Mer"chan*dise, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Merchandised (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Merchandising (?).] To trade; to carry on commerce. Bacon.
Mer"chan*dise, v. t. To make merchandise of; to buy and sell. "Love is
merchandised." Shak.
Mer"chan*di`ser (?), n. A trader. Bunyan.
Mer"chand*ry (?), n. [See Merchant.] Trade; commerce. [Obs.] Bp.
Sanderson.
Mer"chant (?), n. [OE. marchant, OF. marcheant, F. marchand, fr. LL.
mercatans, -antis, p. pr. of mercatare to negotiate, L. mercari to
traffic, fr. merx, mercis, wares. See Market, Merit, and cf. Commerce.]
1. One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign
countries; a trafficker; a trader.
Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad.
Shak.