資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Calcified \Cal"ci*fied\ (k[a^]l"s[i^]*f[imac]d), a.
Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime
salts; calcareous.
Calcify \Cal"ci*fy\ (k[a^]l"s[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Calcified} (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Calcifying}.] [L.
calx, calcis, lime + -fy.]
To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of
salts of lime.
資料來源 : WordNet®
calcify
v 1: become impregnated with calcium salts [ant: {decalcify}]
2: become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"
3: turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over
the centuries"
4: convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
[also: {calcified}]
calcified
See {calcify}