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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIL'ICIFY, v. t. [L. silex, flint, and facio, to make.] To convert into silex. The specimens found near Philadelphia are completely silicified.
SIL'ICIFY, v. i. To become silex.

Merriam Webster's

verb (-fied; -fying) Date: circa 1828 transitive verb to convert into or impregnate with silica intransitive verb to become silicified

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Silicify Si*lic"i*fy, v. 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. Note: The silica may take the form of agate, chalcedony, flint, hornstone, or crystalline quartz.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Silicify Si*lic"i*fy, v. i. To become converted into silica, or to be impregnated with silica.