calcify

/kˈælsʌfaɪ/

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Verb
become impregnated with calcium salts
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become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"
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turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries"
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convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"