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ossify


  3  definitions  found 
 
  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]: 
 
  Ossify  \Os"si*fy\,  v.  i.  (Physiol.) 
  To  become  bone;  to  change  from  a  soft  tissue  to  a  hard  bony 
  tissue. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ossify 
  v  :  become  bony;  "The  tissue  ossified" 




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