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单词 ossify
释义 os·si·fy
\ˈäsəˌfī\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: probably from (assumed) New Latin ossificare, from Latin ossi- + -ficare -fy
intransitive verb
1. : to form or be transformed into bone
 < additional cartilages ossify with age >
2. : to become callous or hardened : become set in a conventional pattern
 < so easy for the mind to ossify and generous ideals to end in stale platitudes — John Buchan >
transitive verb
1. : to change (as cartilage) into bone
 < osteoblasts ossify the tissue >
2. : to make callous, rigid, or inactive : mold firmly in a conventional pattern : harden
 < guilds that won freedom by combination and then ossified it into monopoly — D.C.Coyle >
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