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1. (v.t.) ossify
to convert into or cause to harden like bone.
2. (v.i.) ossify
to become bone or harden like bone.
3. ossify
to become rigid or inflexible in habits, opinions, etc.
Etymology: (1705–15; < L oss-, s. of os bone + -ify)
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1. (verb) ossify
become bony
"The tissue ossified"
2. (verb) rigidify, ossify, petrify
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
"rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
3. (verb) ossify
cause to become hard and bony
"The disease ossified the tissue"
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