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OSSIFY verb

Definition of ossify (verb)

  1. become bony
    • "The tissue ossified"
  2. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
    • "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
    • synonyms: petrify, rigidify
  3. cause to become hard and bony
    • "The disease ossified the tissue"
Source: Princeton University Wordnet
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