Calcify /(kăl"sĭ*fī)/

Cal·ci·fy

Calcify

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Calcified; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying

  1. To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

Calcify

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