Calcify Definition

calcify
verb
  1. become impregnated with calcium salts
  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"

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