Cal"ci*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.] [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.]

To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

 

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Cal"ci*fy, v. i.

To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.

 

© Webster 1913.

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