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 cal·ci·fy /ˈkælsəˌfaɪ/
 (vi.)變成石灰質,鈣化(vt.)使成石灰

 cal·ci·fy /ˈkælsəˌfaɪ/ 動詞
 鈣化

 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.

 Cal·ci·fy, v. i. To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
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 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]