calcine

v., -cined, -cin·ing, -cines.

v.tr.
To heat (a substance) to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point, causing loss of moisture, reduction or oxidation, and the decomposition of carbonates and other compounds.

v.intr.
To undergo calcination.

[Middle English calcinen, from Old French calciner, from Medieval Latin calcīnāre, from Late Latin calcīna, quicklime, from Latin calx, calc-, lime. See calx.]

calcination cal'ci·na'tion (-sə-nā'shən) n.

To heat a substance below the temperature of fusion to drive off chemically combined water or to alter its chemical and physical characteristics.

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(kăl-sīn, kăl'sīn)
v., -cined, -cining, -cines.

To heat a substance to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point, causing loss of moisture, reduction, or oxidation and the decomposition of carbonates and other compounds.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: in chemistry; heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces

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