ossify

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Biology, Medicineossifyos‧si‧fy /ˈɒsɪfaɪ $ ˈɑː-/ verb (ossified, ossifying, ossifies) 1 [intransitive] formalCHANGE YOUR MIND to become unwilling to consider new ideas or change your behaviour2 [intransitive, transitive] technicalHBM to change into bone or to make something change into bone —ossification /ˌɒsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən $ ˌɑːs-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusossify• Gorbachev faced an ossified economic system.• Usually musical traditions remain alive only if they are thriving, writing them down tends to ossify them and hasten their end.Origin ossify (1700-1800) French ossifier, from Latin os “bone”

单词	ossify
释义	ossify From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Biology, Medicineossifyos‧si‧fy /ˈɒsɪfaɪ $ ˈɑː-/ verb (ossified, ossifying, ossifies) 1 [intransitive] formalCHANGE YOUR MIND to become unwilling to consider new ideas or change your behaviour2 [intransitive, transitive] technicalHBM to change into bone or to make something change into bone —ossification /ˌɒsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən $ ˌɑːs-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusossify• Gorbachev faced an ossified economic system.• Usually musical traditions remain alive only if they are thriving, writing them down tends to ossify them and hasten their end.Origin ossify (1700-1800) French ossifier, from Latin os “bone”
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