Thesaurus: calcine

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1. v. i. To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.
2. v. i. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.
3. v. i. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.
4. v. heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces
5. 1. To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones. 2. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx. To be convereted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. "Calcining without fusion" Newton.
6. To be convereted into a powder or friable substance, or into acalx, by the action of heat. "Calcining without fusion" Newton.
7. v. heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces