silicify

[ suh-lis-uh-fahy ]

/ səˈlɪs əˌfaɪ /

verb (used with or without object), si·lic·i·fied, si·lic·i·fy·ing.

to convert or be converted into silica.

Words nearby silicify

silicic, silicic acid, silicide, siliciferous, silicified wood, silicify, silicium, silicle, silicon, silicon alley, silicon carbide

Origin of silicify

First recorded in 1820–30; silic(a) + -ify

OTHER WORDS FROM silicify

si·lic·i·fi·ca·tion, nounun·si·lic·i·fied, adjective

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Examples from the Web for silicify

This material, as is well known, is very liable to disintegrate, and the remedy is to silicify it.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426|Various

British Dictionary definitions for silicify

silicify

/ (sɪˈlɪsɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

to convert or be converted into silicasilicified wood

Derived forms of silicify

silicification, noun

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