Found 2 items, similar to Ossify.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ossify ossify v 1: become bony; “The tissue ossified” 2: make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; “rigidify the training schedule”; “ossified teaching methods”; “slogans petrify our thinking” [syn: rigidify, petrify] 3: cause to become hard and bony; “The disease ossified the tissue” [also: ossified]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ossify Ossify \Os"si*fy\, v. i. (Physiol.) To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Fig.): To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin. [1913 Webster]