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Calcify

Calcify Meaning & Definition
Calcify Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Calcify?

[v] convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
[v] turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries"
[v] become impregnated with calcium salts
[v] become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"

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See Also | alter | change | change state | harden | indurate | turn

Calcify In Webster's Dictionary

\Cal"ci*fy\ (k[a^]l"s[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Calcified} (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Calcifying}.] [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.] To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
\Cal"ci*fy\, v. i. To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.

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