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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Calcine

· Cal·cine · IPA /ˈkælˌsaɪn/
01 v. i. To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from …
imp. & p. p. Calciden; p. pr. & vb. n. Calcining
  1. 1.
    To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.
  2. 2.
    To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.
02 v. i. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.
  1. 1.
    To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.