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calcifying

calcifying is the present participle and gerund of calcify.

Meaning of calcify

Verb

calcify (third-person singular simple present calcifies, present participle calcifying, simple past and past participle calcified)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
    • calcify tissue
  2. (broadly, figuratively) To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.

Words formed from calcifying

Questions about calcifying

What is calcifying the present participle and gerund of?
Calcifying is the present participle and gerund of calcify.

Words near calcifying in the dictionary

  1. calcifugal
  2. calcifuge
  3. calcifuges
  4. calcifugous
  5. calcify
  6. calcifying
  7. calcigenous
  8. calcigerous
  9. calcilutite
  10. calcilutites
  11. calcilutitic

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