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ossifying Definition


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ossify
verb ossifies, ossified, ossifying
    tr & intr
    1. To turn into or make something turn into bone or a bonelike substance.
      Thesaurus: fossilize, calcify, petrify, stiffen, congeal, harden.
    intr
    2. Said of one's opinions or habits, etc: to become rigid, fixed or inflexible.
Derivative: ossification
noun
    Etymology: 18c: from French ossifier, from Latin os bone + facere to make.



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