Topic: BIOLOGY
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| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | ossifier, from Latin os 'bone' |
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os‧si‧fy
past tense and past participle ossified, present participle ossifying, third person singular ossifies
past tense and past participle ossified, present participle ossifying, third person singular ossifies1 [intransitive] formal to become unwilling to consider new ideas or change your behaviour
2 [intransitive and transitive] technicalHBM to change into bone or to make something change into bone
—ossification noun [uncountable]
noun [uncountable]