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ossify

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪ/Part of speech verbSorted fiossyStarts with OEnds with Y0 clues
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  1. Ossify means to become bony or harden into bone.

Word origin

Back-formation from ossification, or modeled on French ossifier and formed from Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ify.

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  • […], nor do all bones of the same skeleton ossify during the samе period of time.
  • Before long, the entire organization ossifies.
  • Possession of absolute knowledge would ossify the human spirit, quenching human creativity;

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