calcify
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become calcareous or bony; harden by the deposit of calcium salts.
will calcify
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future tenseof calcify.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Without an incentive to provide a superior product, the housing stock will deteriorate and the motion inherent in cities will calcify.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
It can also increase the chance that heart valves will calcify.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Yet the concern is that if much of the public believes that to be the case, it will calcify into perception that eventually becomes reality.
From Time ● May 27, 2014
The Internet will calcify to support present-day uses--which is great for the monopolies of today but terrible for the future that the Internet could be.
From Time Magazine Archive
