calcify

Verb

Verb Forms: calcified, calcifying, calcifies

To harden by depositing calcium salts; to become inflexible.
become impregnated with calcium salts
become inflexible and unchanging
- "Old folks can calcify"
turn into lime; become calcified
convert into lime
To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.

Examples

His strategy seemed to calcify after a few bad plays, becoming rigid and predictable.

Origin / Etymology

From French calcifier.

Antonyms

decalcify

Scrabble Score: 17

calcify: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
calcify: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
calcify: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

calcify: valid Words With Friends Word