Canadian English Meaning of calcify

Calcify

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Definitions and Meaning of calcify in English

Wordnet

calcify (v)

become impregnated with calcium salts

become inflexible and unchanging

turn into lime; become calcified

convert into lime

Webster

calcify (v. t.)

To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

Webster

calcify (v. 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

become impregnated with calcium salts, become inflexible and unchanging, turn into lime; become calcified, convert into limeTo make stony or calcareous by the d

coagulate,Crystallise,crystallize,ossify,petrify,stiffen,anneal,Clot,encrust,gel

dissolve,liquefy,melt,soften,flux,fuse,liquefy,smelt,thaw,deliquesce

calcifugous => calcifuge, calciform => Calciform, calcified => calcified, calcification => Calcification, calcific => calcifying,