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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