ossify

(ŏsˈə-fīˌ)

1. To change into bone; become bony.
2. To become set in a rigidly conventional pattern: “The central ideas of liberalism have ossified” (Jeffrey Hart).

1. To convert (a membrane or cartilage, for example) into bone.
2. To mold into a rigidly conventional pattern.

Related Forms:

• os·sifˈic (ŏ-sĭfˈĭk) adjective