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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Calcify \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Calcify \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: calcify v 1: become impregnated with calcium salts [ant: {decalcify}] 2: turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries" 3: convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
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