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calcify

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
19
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈkælsɪfaɪ/ (US)

Definition of calcify

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive, transitive)To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
    “calcify tissue”
    “calcify rapidly”
    “calcify with age”
    “Over time, the arteries began to calcify.”
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verb

  1. (intransitive, transitive)To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
    “calcify tissue”
    “calcify rapidly”
    “calcify with age”
    “Over time, the arteries began to calcify.”
  2. (broadly, figuratively)To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.

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Etymology

From French calcifier, or from English calcium + -ify.

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