Verb

• S: (v) calcify (become impregnated with calcium salts)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
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• S: (v) calcify (become inflexible and unchanging) "Old folks can calcify"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
• derivationally related form
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• S: (v) calcify (turn into lime; become calcified) "The rock calcified over the centuries"
• S: (v) calcify (convert into lime) "the salts calcified the rock"