OSSIFY

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.

2.
v.

Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart. Ruskin.

3.
v.

To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.

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