"calcify" in the verb sense
1. calcify
become impregnated with calcium salts
2. calcify
become inflexible and unchanging
"Old folks can calcify"
3. calcify
turn into lime become calcified
"The rock calcified over the centuries"
4. calcify
convert into lime
"the salts calcified the rock"
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