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Ossify   Listen
verb
Ossify  v. t.  (past & past part. ossified; pres. part. ossifying)  
1.
(Physiol.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
2.
(Fig.): To harden; as, to ossify the heart.





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Words linked to "Ossify" :   change, petrify, modify, change state, rigidify, alter, stiffen, ossification, turn


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