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Definitions for Ossify

[1] to convert into or cause to harden like bone.
[2] to become bone or harden like bone.
[3] to become rigid or inflexible in habits, attitudes, opinions, etc.: a young man who began to ossify right after college.
[4] to convert or be converted into bone
[5] (intr) (of habits, attitudes, etc) to become inflexible

Words related to Ossify

stiffen, thicken, indurate, freeze, harden, congeal, solidify, petrify, fossilize

Words nearby Ossify

ossiferous, ossific, ossification, ossified, ossifrage, ossify, ossining, osso bucco, ossobuco, ossuarium, ossuary

Origin of Ossify

1705–15; < Latin ossi- (stem of os ) bone + -fy

Other words from Ossify

os·si·fi·er , noun
un·os·si·fy·ing , adjective

Word origin for Ossify

C18: from French ossifier, from Latin os bone + facere to make

Synonyms for Ossify

congeal, fossilize, freeze, harden, indurate, petrify, solidify, stiffen, thicken, turn to bone