'ossify' definitions:
verb
Become bony; "The tissue ossified"
verb
Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" [syn:
rigidify, ossify,
petrify]
verb
Cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue"
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anneal,
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brutalize,
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calcify,
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callous,
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case harden,
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cornify,
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firm,
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fossilize,
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harden,
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indurate,
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inure,
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lapidify,
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lithify,
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petrify,
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steel,
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temper,
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toughen,
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vitrify
Words containing 'ossify'
