Defenition of the word ossify

• Defenition of the word ossify

  • To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions.
  • become bony; "The tissue ossified"
  • cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue"
  • make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
  • become bony
  • cause to become hard and bony
  • make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

Hypernyms for the word ossify

• • alter
  • change
  • change state
  • modify
  • stiffen
  • turn

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