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calcify
CIDE DICTIONARY
calcify, v. t. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.].
To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime. [1913 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
calcify, v.tr. & intr. (-ies, -ied)
1 harden or become hardened by deposition of calcium salts; petrify.
2 convert or be converted to calcium carbonate.
1 harden or become hardened by deposition of calcium salts; petrify.
2 convert or be converted to calcium carbonate.
Derivative
calcific adj. calcification n.
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