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to ossify
01
to harden and turn into bone
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
ossify
3rd person singular
ossifies
Present participle
ossifying
Past simple
ossified
Past participle
ossified
Examples
Over time, the cartilage will ossify, becoming a solid bone structure.
1.1
to cause something, such as a cartilage, to harden and change into bone
02
to cause something, such as an idea, system, habit, etc. to become fixed and opposed to change
Examples
They feared that the new regulations would ossify the current system beyond repair.
2.1
to become very inflexible and opposed to change
Lexical Tree
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