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CIDE DICTIONARY
silicicalcareous | silicide | siliciferous | silicification | silicified | silicify | silicioidea | silicious | silicispongiæ | silicited | silicium

silicify

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Verb (usu participle)
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si=lic=i=fy

CIDE DICTIONARY

silicifyv. t. [L. silex, silicis, a flint + -fy: cf. F. silicifier.].
     To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon.  [1913 Webster]
    " The silica may take the form of agate, chalcedony, flint, hornstone, or crystalline quartz."  [1913 Webster]
    "The specimens found . . . are completely silicified."  [1913 Webster]
silicifyv. i. 
     To become converted into silica, or to be impregnated with silica.  [1913 Webster]

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