English Explanatory Dictionary

calcify

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
  2. To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.

Pronunciation

/ˈkælsɪfaɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-calcify.wav

Word forms

calcify calcifies calcifying calcified

Etymology

From French calcifier, or from English calcium + -ify.

Related words

calculus ossify petrify sclerose

Derived words

anticalcifying biocalcify calcifiable calcific calcification calcifier decalcification decalcify noncalcifying procalcifying recalcification recalcify
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