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Webster 1913 Edition

Silicify

Si-lic′i-fy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Silicified
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Silicifying
.]
[L.
silex
,
silicis
, a flint +
-fy
: cf. F.
silicifier
.]
(Chem.)
To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon.
The specimens found . . . are completely
silicified
.
Say.
☞ The silica may take the form of agate, chalcedony, flint, hornstone, or crystalline quartz.

Si-lic′i-fy

,
Verb.
I.
To become converted into silica, or to be impregnated with silica.

Webster 1828 Edition

Silicify

SIL'ICIFY

,
Verb.
T.
[L. silex, flint, and facio, to make.] To convert into silex. The specimens found near Philadelphia are completely silicified.

SIL'ICIFY

,
Verb.
I.
To become silex.

Definition 2024

silicify

silicify

English

Verb

silicify ‎(third-person singular simple present silicifies, present participle silicifying, simple past and past participle silicified)

  1. (transitive) to impregnate something with silica
  2. (intransitive) to be impregnated with, or converted into silica

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