calcify
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become calcareous or bony; harden by the deposit of calcium salts.
calcified
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past participleof calcify.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof calcify.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
calcifyverb (used with or without object)to make or become calcareous or bony; harden by the deposit of calcium salts.
Example Sentences
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“In the past 20 years, a new social boundary seems to have calcified among people my age,” Walsh wrote.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
After years of health struggles, the parasites have now calcified in Lowri's brain.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
It preserves three dimensional skin, calcified cartilage, and even traces of proteins.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026
Those wins come from a combination of tax and entitlement reform, wholesale deregulation, the administration’s disruption of a calcified budget process, and some spending leadership in Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
When José Arcadio Buendía and the four men of his expedition managed to take the armor apart, they found inside a calcified skeleton with a copper locket containing a woman’s hair around its neck.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
