See Also: calcify(medicine)
calcify(dictionary)
calcify(dictionary)

calcify (iou)



calcify verb. M19.
[from CALCI- + -FY.]
verb trans. Convert into calcium carbonate or other insoluble calcium compounds; harden by deposition of such compounds; petrify. Freq. as calcified ppl adjective. M19.
fig.: P. Gallico The humanity in her had been calcified by the pursuit of money.
verb intrans. Undergo or become hardened by such deposition. M19.
cal'cific adjective of or pertaining to calcification M19.
calcifi'cation noun the process of becoming calcified; a calcified structure: M19.