calcifying

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calcifying - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Calcify \Cal"ci*fy\ (k[a^]l"s[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Calcified (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.] [L.
     calx, calcis, lime + -fy.]
     To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of
     salts of lime.
     [1913 Webster]