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Meaning of 'ossified' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ossified [ a.]
- Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
2 . Ossified [ imp. & p. p.]
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Meaning of 'ossified' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ossified [ s]
Meaning (1):
- set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
Example in sentence:
  • an ossified bureaucratic system;
  • obsolete fossilized ways