'Calcify' definitions:
Definition of 'calcify'
(from WordNet)
verb
Become impregnated with calcium salts [ant: decalcify]
verb
Become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"
verb
Turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries"
verb
Convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
Definition of 'Calcify'
From: GCIDE
- Calcify \Cal"ci*fy\ (k[a^]l"s[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcified (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.] [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.] To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Calcify'
From: GCIDE
- Calcify \Cal"ci*fy\, v. i. To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth. [1913 Webster]