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calcify
[kal-suh-fahy]
verb (used with or without object)
Physiology.to make or become calcareous or bony; harden by the deposit of calcium salts.
Geology.to harden by deposition of calcium carbonate.
to make or become rigid or intransigent, as in a political position.
calcify
/ ˈæɪˌڲɪ /
verb
to convert or be converted into lime
to harden or become hardened by impregnation with calcium salts
Other 51Թ Forms
- noncalcified adjective
- uncalcified adjective
Example Sentences
You may unfortunately remember the era through the parts that quickly calcified into cliché: $14 cocktails in Mason jars, the monoculture of pork belly, a nationwide proliferation of flaccid fried green tomatoes.
It’s a socioeconomic and psychological cocktail that, experts explained, has calcified as a sort of baked-in resentment against older generations — but one that, when you consider things from their perspective, might be understandable.
The last few presidential elections, Vavreck said, have demonstrated that the electorate is “calcified,” with “rough parity” between the numbers of Democrats and Republicans.
Though I continue to scan them, all those “Best” lists do as much harm as good, calcifying the notion that the lower the acceptance rate and the higher the price, the better the school.
But by 1965 he is almost always behind sunglasses, his enigma calcified.
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