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Calcify Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ify

Calcify has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
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"

5

To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.

Example Sentences
"Old folks can calcify" verb
"The rock calcified over the centuries" verb
"the salts calcified the rock" verb
See Also
calcium calcifiable recalcify calcinate noncalcifying ossify uncalcified calcified
Related Terms
Antonyms
decalcify
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
harden change change state
Rhyming Words
ify reify waify edify deify unify ignify nidify wikify verify ramify minify aerify ossify sanify finify munify ethify notify omnify
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