ossify

Verb
  1. Become bony (synset 200268135)
    "The tissue ossified"
    is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
  2. Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern (synset 200419035)
    "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
    is a type of: stiffen - make stiff or stiffer
    same as: petrify, rigidify
  3. Cause to become hard and bony (synset 200268251)
    "The disease ossified the tissue"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

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