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To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.

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  1. v. t. To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.
  2. v. hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
  3. v. to hold fast or prevent from moving
  4. v. make defenseless
  5. v. convert (assets) into fixed capital
  6. v. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
  7. v. cause to be unable to move
  8. To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.
  9. To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturallymobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffenedbandages.
  10. v:100 v. hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital v. make defenseless v. convert (assets) into fixed capital