OSSIFY


Meaning of OSSIFY in English

v.tr. & intr. (-ies, -ied)

1. turn into bone; harden.

2 make or become rigid, callous, or unprogressive.

Derivatives:

ossific adj. ossification n.

Etymology: F ossifier f. L os ossis bone

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.