English dictionary

calcify

/'k/&/ls/@/,f/aI/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

become impregnated with calcium salts

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Antonyms decalcify

Source: WordNet 3.0
become inflexible and unchanging

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Examples
Old folks can calcify.

Source: WordNet 3.0
turn into lime; become calcified

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Source: WordNet 3.0
convert into lime

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Source: WordNet 3.0
To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

verb

Source: webster1913
To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.

verb

Source: webster1913