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English Dictionary: ossified	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ossified
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ossified adj set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system" Synonym(s): fossilized, fossilised, ossified
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ossified \Os"si*fied\, a. Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ossify \Os"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ossified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ossifying}.] [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier. See {Osseous}.] 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.