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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. Fig.: To harden; as to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ossified \Os"si*fied\, a.
Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by
deposits of mineral matter of any kind -- said of tissues.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ossified
adj 1: changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter;
"cartilages ossified with age"
2: set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits,
or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified
bureaucratic system" [syn: {fossilized}]
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