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Definition of calcify verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

calcify

verb
 
/ˈkælsɪfaɪ/
 
/ˈkælsɪfaɪ/
[intransitive, transitive] (specialist)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they calcify
 
/ˈkælsɪfaɪ/
 
/ˈkælsɪfaɪ/
he / she / it calcifies
 
/ˈkælsɪfaɪz/
 
/ˈkælsɪfaɪz/
past simple calcified
 
/ˈkælsɪfaɪd/
 
/ˈkælsɪfaɪd/
past participle calcified
 
/ˈkælsɪfaɪd/
 
/ˈkælsɪfaɪd/
-ing form calcifying
 
/ˈkælsɪfaɪɪŋ/
 
/ˈkælsɪfaɪɪŋ/
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  1. calcify (something) to become hard when calcium salts are added; to make something hard by adding calcium salts
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