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

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Etymology

Verb

calcify (third-person singular simple present calcifies, present participle calcifying, simple past and past participle calcified)

(transitive) To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.

(intransitive) To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts.

Source: Wiktionary

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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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