Meaning

1 senses

  1. To deprive of calcareous matter.

More definitions
  • remove calcium or lime from
  • lose calcium or calcium compounds

Translations

3 languages

Origin

From French décalcifier, or de- + calcify.

From French décalcifier, or de- + calcify.

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Forms

decalcifies, decalcifying, decalcified, decalcified
Base formdecalcify · to decalcify
3rd person singulardecalcifies
Present participledecalcifying
Past simpledecalcified
Past participledecalcified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydecalcify
he, she, itdecalcifies

Past simpleLesson

all personsdecalcified

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave decalcified
he, she, ithas decalcified

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill decalcify

Antonyms

1 antonyms
calcify

Word family

2 related words
Relateddecalcification
Deriveddecalcifier

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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