transitive verb, intransitive verb ossified -·fied′, ossifying -·fy′·ing
- to change or develop into bone
- to settle or fix rigidly in a practice, custom, attitude, etc.
Etymology:
< L os (gen. ossis), a bone (< IE base *ost- > Sans ásthi, Gr osteon, bone) + -fy
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