Calcify

//ˈkælsɪfaɪ// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts. intransitive, transitive

    "calcify tissue"

  2. 2
    convert into lime wordnet
  3. 3
    To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify. broadly, figuratively
  4. 4
    turn into lime; become calcified wordnet
  5. 5
    become impregnated with calcium salts wordnet
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  1. 6
    become inflexible and unchanging wordnet

Synonyms

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callousfirmfossilizehardenindurateossify

Example

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"Over time, the arteries began to calcify."

Etymology

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

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