calcify
English
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edit- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/
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Verb
editcalcify (third-person singular simple present calcifies, present participle calcifying, simple past and past participle calcified)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
- (figuratively, by extension) To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.
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