Thesaurus: calcify

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1. v. t. To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
2. v. i. To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
3. v. become impregnated with calcium salts
4. v. become inflexible and unchanging
5. v. turn into lime; become calcified
6. v. convert into lime
7. To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime. To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
8. To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion ofsalts of lime.
9. v:100 v. become impregnated with calcium salts v. become inflexible and unchanging v. turn into lime; become calcified