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Ossify   /ˈɑsəfˌaɪ/   Listen
Ossify

verb
(past & past part. ossified; pres. part. ossifying)
1.
Become bony.
2.
Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern.  Synonyms: petrify, rigidify.  "Ossified teaching methods" , "Slogans petrify our thinking"
3.
Cause to become hard and bony.






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