英语词汇“ossification”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ossifyossify /ˈɑsəˌfaɪ/ verb (ossifies, ossified, ossifying) [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYossify

Origin: 1700-1800 French ossifier, from Latin os bone

VERB TABLE

ossify

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	ossify
	he, she, it	ossifies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	ossified
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have ossified
	he, she, it	has ossified
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had ossified
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will ossify
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have ossified

Continuous Form
Present	I	am ossifying
	he, she, it	is ossifying
	you, we, they	are ossifying
Past	I, he, she, it	was ossifying
	you, we, they	were ossifying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been ossifying
	he, she, it	has been ossifying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been ossifying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be ossifying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been ossifying

1formal to gradually become unwilling or unable to change, or to make something do this: an ossifying economic system2science, biology to change into bone or to make cartilage change into bone—ossification /ˌɑsəfəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]