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Found 3 hits - Term: calcify, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
calcify \cal"cify\ ka^l"si^fimac, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   calcified -fimacd; p. pr.  vb. n. calcifying. l.
   calx, calcis, lime + -fy.
   to make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of
   salts of lime.
   1913 webster
see also:
calcified calcifying 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
calcify \cal"cify\, v. i.
   to become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in
   which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of
   teeth.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
calcify
     v 1: become impregnated with calcium salts ant: decalcify
     2: become inflexible and unchanging; "old folks can calcify"
     3: turn into lime; become calcified; "the rock calcified over
        the centuries"
     4: convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
     also: calcified
see also:
decalcify calcified 

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