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Calcify
Cal′ci-fy
(kăl′sĭ-fī)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Calcified
(-fīd)
; 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
,Verb.
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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calcify
calcify
English
Verb
calcify (third-person singular simple present calcifies, present participle calcifying, simple past and past participle calcified)
- (transitive) To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
- (intransitive) To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts.
Derived terms
- calcifier
- calcification
- recalcify
- recalcification
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