Antonyms of verb calcify

1 of 4 senses of calcify

Sense 1
calcify -- (become impregnated with calcium salts)
       Antonym of decalcify (Sense 2)
      => decalcify -- (remove calcium or lime from; "decalcify the rock")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb calcify

4 senses of calcify

Sense 1
calcify -- (become impregnated with calcium salts)
       => harden, indurate -- (become hard or harder; "The wax hardened")

Sense 2
calcify -- (become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify")
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")

Sense 3
calcify -- (turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries")
       => change state, turn -- (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election")

Sense 4
calcify -- (convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")