transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈä-sə-ˌfī ]
verb
( -fied ; -fy·ing )
Etymology: Latin oss-, os + English -ify
Date: 1713
intransitive verb
1. : to change into bone
2. : to become hardened or conventional and opposed to change
transitive verb
1. : to change (as cartilage) into bone
2. : to make rigidly conventional and opposed to change