verb (-fied; -fying) Date: 1854 transitive verb to make calcareous by deposit of calcium salts, to make inflexible or unchangeable, intransitive verb to become calcareous, to become inflexible and changeless ; harden , calcification noun
CALCIFY
Meaning of CALCIFY in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012