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English to English verb
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become impregnated with calcium salts |  | source: wordnet30
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become inflexible and unchanging | | Example: Old folks can calcify
source: wordnet30
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turn into lime; become calcified | | Example: The rock calcified over the centuries
source: wordnet30
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convert into lime | | Example: the salts calcified the rock
source: wordnet30
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To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime. | | source: webster1913
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To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth. | | source: webster1913
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