calcify means to make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
calcify is pronounced /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/.
Etymology
From French calcifier, or from English calcium + -ify.
verb
- To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.“calcify tissue”
- To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.