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ossify

 : 
Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
 : 
os=si=fy

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb ossify has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

ossifyv. t. [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier. See Osseous.].
  •  To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To harden; as, to ossify the heart.  Ruskin.  [1913 Webster]
ossifyv. i. 
     To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ossify, v.tr. & intr. (-ies, -ied)
1 turn into bone; harden.
2 make or become rigid, callous, or unprogressive.

Derivative
ossific adj. ossification n.
Etymology
F ossifier f. L os ossis bone

THESAURUS

ossify

anneal, brutalize, calcify, callous, case harden, cornify, firm, fossilize, harden, indurate, inure, lapidify, lithify, petrify, steel, temper, toughen, vitrify

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ossify

Hardness

VB render hard, harden, stiffen, indurate, petrify, temper, ossify, vitrify, accrust.

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