- (v.i.) To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
- (v.t.) Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart.
- (v.t.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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