Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ossify \Os"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ossified}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Ossifying}.] [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier.
See {Osseous}.]
1. (Physiol.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal
substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
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2. (Fig.): To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ossify \Os"si*fy\, v. i. (Physiol.)
To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony
tissue.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ossify
v 1: become bony; "The tissue ossified"
2: make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the
training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans
petrify our thinking" [syn: {rigidify}, {ossify}, {petrify}]
3: cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the
tissue"
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