4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Calcified \Cal"ci*fied\ (k[a^]l"s[i^]*f[imac]d), a. Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: calcify v 1: become impregnated with calcium salts [ant: {decalcify}] 2: become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify" 3: turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries" 4: convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock" [also: {calcified}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: calcified See {calcify}
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