calcify
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become calcareous or bony; harden by the deposit of calcium salts.
calcifies
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present tense formof calcify (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Networking isn’t like traditional manufacturing or energy infrastructure where market share calcifies over decades.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
And the fact that this has been allowed for so long calcifies in the culture of Capitol Hill to the point that it’s just accepted.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2022
These questions and contradictions must be taken up before the narrative around these attacks calcifies into something more sinister.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2021
Emotions often drive reasoning, so as our hearts harden, our thinking also calcifies, and we become dogmatic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2016
The center partly softens and partly calcifies into a grayish mortarlike mass, and is gritty.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
