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''calcify'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260708194133-00-⌔
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Verb
calcify (third-person singular simple present calcifies, present participle calcifying, simple past and past participle calcified)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
- ✤ * calcify tissue*
- ✤ * calcify rapidly*
- ✤ * calcify with age*
- ✤ Over time, the arteries began to calcify.
- (figuratively, by extension) To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.
Etymology
From French calcifier, or from English calcium + -ify.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA: /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/
- Audio (Southern England): 🔊
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