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silicify

silicify verb: to impregnate something with silica.

Verb

silicify (third-person singular simple present silicifies, present participle silicifying, simple past and past participle silicified)

  1. (transitive) to impregnate something with silica.
  2. (intransitive) to be impregnated with, or converted into silica.

Forms of silicify

third-person singular presentsilicifies
present participlesilicifying
past participlesilicified
pastsilicified

Origin of silicify

From silica + -ify.

Words formed from silicify

Questions about silicify

What does silicify mean?
Silicify means to impregnate something with silica.
What part of speech is silicify?
Silicify is a verb.
What is the past tense of silicify?
The past tense of silicify is silicified.

Words near silicify in the dictionary

  1. silicifications
  2. silicified
  3. silicifier
  4. silicifiers
  5. silicifies
  6. silicify
  7. silicifying
  8. silicious
  9. silicisation
  10. silicisponge
  11. silicisponges

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