calcify

tr. & intr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

1. To make or become stony or chalky by deposition of calcium salts.
2. To make or become inflexible and unchanging.

(kăl'sə-fī')
v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

To make or become stony or chalky by deposition of calcium salts.

To mineralize by the deposition of calcium salts.

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The verb has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: become impregnated with calcium salts
  Antonym: decalcify (meaning #2)

Meaning #2: become inflexible and unchanging

Meaning #3: turn into lime; become calcified

Meaning #4: convert into lime

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - kalke
v. intr. - forkalke

Nederlands (Dutch)
verkalken, in kalk omzetten

Français (French)
v. tr. - calcifier, pétrifier (le bois)
v. intr. - se calcifier

Deutsch (German)
v. - verkalken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ασβεστοποιώ/-ούμαι, (παθολ.) αποτιτανούμαι

Italiano (Italian)
calcificarsi, calcificare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - calcificar

Русский (Russian)
обызвествляться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - calcificar
v. intr. - calcificarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förkalka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使成石灰, 使钙化, 变成石灰质, 钙化

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使成石灰, 使鈣化
v. intr. - 變成石灰質, 鈣化

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 석회질로 하다, 입장을 굳히다
v. intr. - 석회질로 되다, 입장이 굳어지다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 石灰化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحول الى كلس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקשה בסיד‬
v. intr. - ‮הסתייד‬

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