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Meaning of 'ossify' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ossify [ v. i.]
- To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
2 . Ossify [ v. t.]
- To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
- Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart.

Meaning of 'ossify' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ossify [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
Example in sentence:
  • ossified teaching methods;
  • rigidify the training schedule;
  • slogans petrify our thinking
Meaning (2):
- cause to become hard and bony
Example in sentence:
  • The disease ossified the tissue
Meaning (3):
- become bony
Example in sentence:
  • The tissue ossified

Nearby Words:

oss ossa osse ossean ossein osselet osseous osseter ossianic ossicle

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