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View usage for: (ɒsɪfaɪ) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense ossifies, present participle ossifying, past tense, past participle ossifiedverbIf an idea, system, or organization ossifies or if something ossifies it, it becomes fixed and difficult to change. [formal, disapproval] It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry. [VERB noun] British society tended to ossify and close ranks as the 1930s drew to their close. [VERB] ...an ossified institution. [VERB-ed] [Also V into n ]Synonyms: harden, freeze, stiffen, petrify More Synonyms of ossify ossify in British English (ˈɒsɪˌfaɪ) verbWord forms: -fies, -fying or -fied1. to convert or be converted into bone 2. (intransitive) (of habits, attitudes, etc) to become inflexible Derived forms ossifier (ˈossiˌfier) noun Word origin C18: from French ossifier, from Latin os bone + facere to make ossify in American English (ˈɑsəˌfaɪ) verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈossiˌfied or ˈossiˌfying1. to change or develop into bone 2. to settle or fix rigidly in a practice, custom, attitude, etc. Derived forms ossification (ˌossifiˈcation) noun Word origin < L os (gen. ossis), a bone (< IE base * ost- > Sans ásthi, Gr osteon, bone) + -fy Synonyms of 'ossify'harden, freeze, stiffen, petrify More Synonyms of ossify Definition to change into bone Additional synonymsDefinition the act of freezing or state of being frozen The ground froze solid. Synonyms ice over or up, harden, stiffen, solidify, congeal, become solid, glaciate Definition (of organic material) to turn to stone Bird and bat guano petrifies into a mineral called taranakite. Synonyms fossilize, set, harden, solidify, ossify, turn to stone, calcify Definition to make or become solid or hard The thicker lava would have taken two weeks to solidify. Synonyms harden, set, congeal, cake, jell, coagulate, cohere- oscillate
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