ossify
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- IPA /ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪ/
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ossify verb
- To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.
- (animate) To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions.
- (inanimate) To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent.
- To calcify.
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hardenreossifyagatizesolidifyoldifycarnifyfleshifymetamorphizefossilizeevolvechondrifygelatinifyzoomorphizeanimalizefossiliserigidizemetamorphose
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