Definitions for: Calcify


[v] convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
[v] turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries"
[v] become impregnated with calcium salts
[v] become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"



Webster (1913) Definition: Cal"ci*fy (k[a^]l"s[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Calcified (-f[imac]d); 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, v. i.
To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in
which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of
teeth.

Antonyms: decalcify

See Also: alter, change, change state, harden, indurate, turn

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