Meaning of CALCIFY
| Pronunciation: | | 'kalsu`fI
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- [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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| | Antonyms: | | decalcify | | |
| | See Also: | | alter, change, change state, harden, indurate, turn | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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