| 单词 | ossify | 
| 释义 | ossify  (ɒsɪfaɪ  )       Word forms:  ossifies  ,  ossifying  ,  ossified   verb  If an idea, system, or organization ossifies or if something ossifies it, it becomes fixed and difficult to change.  [formal, disapproval]  It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry. [VERB noun]     British society tended to ossify and close ranks as the 1930s drew to their close. [VERB]     ...an ossified institution. [VERB-ed]   Synonyms:  harden, freeze, stiffen, petrify      | 
	
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