Meaning of OSSIFY
| Pronunciation: | | 'âsu`fI
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- [v] become bony; "The tissue ossified"
- [v] cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue"
- [v] make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
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| | Synonyms: | | petrify, rigidify |
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| | See Also: | | alter, change, change state, stiffen, turn | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Os"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ossified}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Ossifying}.] [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier.
See {Osseous}.]
1. (Physiol.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal
substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
2. Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.
\Os"si*fy\, v. i. (Physiol.)
To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony
tissue.
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| | Related Terms: | | anneal, brutalize, calcify, callous, case harden, cornify, firm, fossilize, harden, indurate, inure, lapidify, lithify, petrify, steel, temper, toughen, vitrify |
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