OSSIFY


Meaning of OSSIFY in English

verb (-fied; -fying) Etymology: Latin oss-, os + English -ify Date: 1713 intransitive verb to change into bone, to become hardened or conventional and opposed to change, transitive verb to change (as cartilage) into bone, to make rigidly conventional and opposed to change

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