ossify

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.
2. verb To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions.
3. verb To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent.
4. verb To calcify.

Similar words

reossify agatize solidify oldify carnify fleshify metamorphize fossilize evolve chondrify

Often followed by

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Word family

ossified ossifies ossifying