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ossify
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb ossify has 3 senses
- ossify(v = verb.change) Array - become bony; "The tissue ossified" is one way to change state, turn
- ossify(v = verb.change) petrify, rigidify - make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" is one way to stiffen
- ossify(v = verb.change) Array - cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue" is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun ossification2
Sample sentence:
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Derived forms noun ossification4, noun ossification3
Sample sentence:
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Derived form noun ossification2
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CIDE DICTIONARY
ossify, v. t. [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier. See Osseous.].
- To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts. [1913 Webster]
- To harden; as, to ossify the heart. Ruskin. [1913 Webster]
ossify, v. i.
To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ossify, v.tr. & intr. (-ies, -ied)
1 turn into bone; harden.
2 make or become rigid, callous, or unprogressive.
1 turn into bone; harden.
2 make or become rigid, callous, or unprogressive.
Derivative
ossific adj. ossification n.
Etymology
F ossifier f. L os ossis bone
THESAURUS
ossify
anneal, brutalize, calcify, callous, case harden, cornify, firm, fossilize, harden, indurate, inure, lapidify, lithify, petrify, steel, temper, toughen, vitrifyROGET THESAURUS
ossify
Hardness
VB render hard, harden, stiffen, indurate, petrify, temper, ossify, vitrify, accrust.
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