verb : OSSIFIES
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) become bony; "The tissue ossified" ;
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2. (
) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" ;
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3. (
) cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue" ;
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