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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Latin
Origin: calx; CHALK1

calcify

 verb
     
Related topics: Chemistry
cal‧ci‧fy past tense and past participle calcified, present participle calcifying, third person singular calcifies [intransitive and transitive]
technical to become hard, or make something hard, by adding lime
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