calcine
/ˈkælˌsaɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it; specifically, to decompose (carbonates) into oxides, and, especially, to heat (limestone) to form quicklime.
Transitive verb
verb
To burn up (something) completely; to incinerate; hence, to destroy (something).
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Fire […] burneth and calcineth ſtone, vvhereof is made that morter vvhich bindeth all vvork in maſonry."
- "I ſent you of his fæces there, calcin'd. / Out of that calx, I'ha'vvonne the ſalt of Mercurie."
- "[A]s his death calcined thee to duſt, / His life may make thee gold, and much more juſt."
- "I vvould gladly knovv hovv Moſes vvith an actuall fire calcin'd or burnt the Golden Calfe unto povvder, for that myſticall metall of Gold, vvhoſe ſolary and celeſtiall nature I admire, expoſed unto the violence of fire, grovveth onely hot and liquifies, but conſumeth not: […]"
- "Fiery diſputes, that Union have calcin'd, / Almoſt as many minds as men vve find, / And vvhen that flame finds combuſtible Earth, / VVhence Fatuus fires and Meteors take their birth, / Legions of Sects, and Inſects come in throngs; / To name them all, vvould tire a hundred tongues."
- "It nothing skills: I cannot help my case: / The Judgment's fire alone can cure this place, / Calcine its clods and set my prisoners free."
Etymology
The verb is derived from Late Middle English calcinen (“(alchemy, medicine) to heat (something) until it turns to powder; to change the nature of (something) by heating”) [and other forms], from Old French calciner (modern French calciner (“to calcinate; to calcine”)) and from its etymon Medieval Latin calcināre (“(alchemy) to burn like lime; to reduce to calx”), from Late Latin calcīna (“inorganic material containing calcium, lime”) + -āre (suffix forming present active infinitive forms of verbs). Calcīna is derived from Latin calcis, the genitive singular of calx (“chalk; limestone”), possibly from Ancient Greek χᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx, “small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble”); further etymology unknown, possibly Pre-Greek. The noun is derived from the verb.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkælˌsaɪn/
- British English: /ˈkælsaɪn/
Usage
Inflected Forms
calcines (present, singular)
calcining (participle, present)
calcined (participle, past)
calcined (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
calcined (first person, past)
calcinest (archaic, present)
calcined (past, second person)
calcinedst (archaic, past)
calcineth (archaic, present)
calcined (past, singular)
Derived Forms
calcinable
calcinate
calcination
calcinator
calcinatory
calcined
calciner
calcining
calcinize
precalcine
recalcination
recalcine