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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Calcify

/(kăl"sĭ*fī)/ · Cal·ci·fy · IPA /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/
01 v. t. To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
imp. & p. p. Calcified; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying
  1. 1.
    To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
02 v. i. To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
  1. 1.
    To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.