Cal·ci·fied a. Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.

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 Cal·ci·fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcified p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.]  To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.


 calcify
      v 1: become impregnated with calcium salts [ant: decalcify]
      2: become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"
      3: turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over
         the centuries"
      4: convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
      [also: calcified]


 calcified
      See calcify