Calcify

3 definitions found

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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

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}]