(ambitransitive) To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.
(ambitransitive, animate) To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions.
(ambitransitive, inanimate) To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent.
(rare) To calcify.
Priešingybė
deossify
Tariamas kaip (IPA)
/ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪ/
Etimologija (Anglų k.)
Back-formation from ossification, or modeled on French ossifier and formed from Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ify.