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ossify
verb
Become bony
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ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪ
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verb
Become bony
“The tissue ossified”
verb
Cause to become hard and bony
“The disease ossified the tissue”
verb
Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
“Rigidify the training schedule”
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The tissue ossified
The disease ossified the tissue
Rigidify the training schedule
Ossified teaching methods
Slogans petrify our thinking
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