CALCIFIED

CALCIFY

calcify

(verb) convert into lime; “the salts calcified the rock”

calcify

(verb) turn into lime; become calcified; “The rock calcified over the centuries”

calcify

(verb) become impregnated with calcium salts

calcify

(verb) become inflexible and unchanging; “Old folks can calcify”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

calcified

simple past tense and past participle of calcify

Adjective

calcified (comparative more calcified, superlative most calcified)

Hardened from the deposit of calcium salts.

Made unchanging or inflexible.

Source: Wiktionary


Cal"ci*fied, a.

Definition: Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.

CALCIFY

Cal"ci*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcified; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.] Etym: [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.]

Definition: To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

Cal"ci*fy, v. i.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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