Associations to the word «Calcify»

Wiktionary

CALCIFY, verb. (transitive) To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
CALCIFY, verb. (intransitive) To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts.

Dictionary definition

CALCIFY, verb. Become impregnated with calcium salts.
CALCIFY, verb. Become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify".
CALCIFY, verb. Turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries".
CALCIFY, verb. Convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock".

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