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cal⋅ci⋅fy

[kal-suh-fahy]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
1. Physiology. to make or become calcareous or bony; harden by the deposit of calcium salts.
2. Geology. to harden by deposition of calcium carbonate.
3. to make or become rigid or intransigent, as in a political position.

Origin:
1830–40; calci- + -fy
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cal·ci·fy   (kāl'sə-fī')   
tr. & intr.v.   cal·ci·fied, cal·ci·fy·ing, cal·ci·fies
  1. To make or become stony or chalky by deposition of calcium salts.

  2. To make or become inflexible and unchanging.

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Main Entry: cal·ci·fy
Pronunciation: 'kal-s&-"fI
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -fied; -fy·ing
transitivesenses
: to make calcareous by deposit of calcium salts calcify intransitive senses
: to become calcareous
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calcify cal·ci·fy (kāl'sə-fī')
v. cal·ci·fied, cal·ci·fy·ing, cal·ci·fies
To make or become stony or chalky by deposition of calcium salts.

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