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rigidify

[ri-jid-uh-fahy]

verb (used with object), verb (used without object), ri·gid·i·fied, ri·gid·i·fy·ing.

to make or become rigid.

Origin:
1835–45; rigid + -ify

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rigidify (rɪˈdʒɪdɪˌfaɪ)

—vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
	to make or become rigid

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