About The Word Calcify
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Calcify
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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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Calcify: Related Terms | Find terms related to Calcify: 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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