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os·si·fy
(ŏs′ə-fī′)v. os·si·fied, os·si·fy·ing, os·si·fies
v.intr.
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).
v.tr.
1. To convert (a membrane or cartilage, for example) into bone.
2. To mold into a rigidly conventional pattern.
os·sif′ic (ŏ-sĭf′ĭk) adj.
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ossify
(ˈɒsɪˌfaɪ)vb, -fies, -fying or -fied
1. (Anatomy) to convert or be converted into bone
2. (intr) (of habits, attitudes, etc) to become inflexible
[C18: from French ossifier, from Latin os bone + facere to make]
ˈossiˌfier n
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os•si•fy
(ˈɒs əˌfaɪ)v. -fied, -fy•ing. v.t.
1. to convert into or cause to harden like bone.
v.i. 2. to become bone or harden like bone.
3. to become rigid or inflexible in habits, opinions, etc.
[1705–15; < Latin oss-, s. of os bone + -ify]
os`si•fi•ca′tion, n.
os′si•fi`er, n.
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ossify
Past participle: ossified
Gerund: ossifying
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| Verb | 1. | ossify - become bony; "The tissue ossified" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| 2. | ossify - make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" stiffen - make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine" | |
| 3. | ossify - cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue" |
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Translations
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ossify
vt (lit) → verknöchern lassen; (fig) → erstarren lassen; mind → unbeweglich machen; to be ossified (lit) → verknöchert sein; (fig) → erstarrt sein; (mind) → unbeweglich sein; to become ossified (fig) → erstarren; (mind) → unbeweglich werden
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
ossify
[ˈɒsɪˌfaɪ] vi → ossificarsiCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
os·si·fy
v. osificar, transformarse en hueso.
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