Verb
- 1. calcify, harden, indurate
- usage: become impregnated with calcium salts
- 2. calcify, change
- usage: become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"
- 3. calcify, change state, turn
- usage: turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries"
- 4. calcify, change, alter, modify
- usage: convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
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