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ossify
[os-uh-fahy]
verb (used with object)
to convert into or cause to harden like bone.
verb (used without object)
to become bone or harden like bone.
to become rigid or inflexible in habits, attitudes, opinions, etc..
a young man who began to ossify right after college.
ossify
/ ˈɒɪˌڲɪ /
verb
to convert or be converted into bone
(intr) (of habits, attitudes, etc) to become inflexible
Other 51Թ Forms
- ossifier noun
- unossifying adjective
- ˈDzˌھ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ossify1
Example Sentences
Sheinbaum and her allies call the shake-up a necessary makeover of an ossified system riven with corruption and nepotism.
The ossifying Republican opposition has prompted Democrats to accuse Mr Johnson and others of bowing to pressure from Mr Trump, who has urged his Capitol Hill allies to kill the bill.
The proposed cleanup and redevelopment of this ossified power plant joins a growing collection of such projects across the nation.
Nor can you, apparently, be a successful, divorced, outspoken biracial American career woman and thrive among the hierarchically ossified, stiff-upper-lip royal family.
“It’s an ossified bastion of stodgy old engineers,” he said.
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