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Cal·ci·fied a. Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.
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Cal·ci·fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcified p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.] To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
calcify
v 1: become impregnated with calcium salts [ant: decalcify]
2: become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"
3: turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over
the centuries"
4: convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
[also: calcified]