OSSIFY


Meaning of OSSIFY in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.