Calcify Definition & Meaning
calcify
- verb
- become impregnated with calcium salts
- become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"
- turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries"
- convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
Words that rhyme with calcify
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