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1. (v.i.) calcify
to make or become calcareous or bony; harden by the deposit of calcium salts.
2. calcify
to make or become rigid or inflexible, as in an intellectual position.
Etymology: (1830–40)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) calcify
become impregnated with calcium salts
2. (verb) calcify
become inflexible and unchanging
"Old folks can calcify"
3. (verb) calcify
turn into lime; become calcified
"The rock calcified over the centuries"
4. (verb) calcify
convert into lime
"the salts calcified the rock"
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1. (verb) calcify
to make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime
2. (verb) calcify
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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