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verb (used with object)
1.
to convert into or cause to harden like bone.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become bone or harden like bone.
3.
to become rigid or inflexible in habits, attitudes, opinions, etc.: a young man who began to ossify right after college.
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Ossify
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| exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship |
Related forms
os·si·fi·er, noun
un·os·si·fy·ing, adjective
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- To ossify him in an archive because it's compatible with one generation's view is to marginalize him”.
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Word Origin & History
ossify
1713, "to turn into bone," from L. os (gen. ossis) "bone" (see osseous). Fig. sense is from 1858.
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Medical Dictionary
ossify os·si·fy (ŏs'ə-fī')
v. os·si·fied, os·si·fy·ing, os·si·fies
To change into bone.
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