Thesaurus: ossify

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1. v. t. To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
2. v. t. Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart.
3. v. i. To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
4. v. become bony
5. v. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
6. v. cause to become hard and bony
7. 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. Ruskin. To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
8. To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance intobone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
9. v:100 v. become bony v. cause to become hard and bony