verb [usuallypassive] (ossifies, ossifying, ossified, ossified) (formal, disapproving)
1 to become or make sth fixed and unable to change:
[VN] an ossified political system [also V]
2 [VN] (technical) to become or make sth hard like bone
ossification noun [U] (formal)
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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