ossify

v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

v.intr.

1. To change into bone; become bony.
2. To become set in a rigidly conventional pattern: "The central ideas of liberalism have ossified" (Jeffrey Hart).

v.tr.

1. To convert (a membrane or cartilage, for example) into bone.
2. To mold into a rigidly conventional pattern.

[Latin os, oss-, bone + -FY.]

ossific os·sif'ic (ŏ-sĭf'ĭk) adj.

v

Definition: become very hard from aging
Antonyms: melt, soften

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To change or develop into bone.

mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. (From stoned (out).)  How can anybody be so ossified on four beers?

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - forbene, stivne
v. tr. - forbenes

Nederlands (Dutch)
(doen) verbenen

Français (French)
v. intr. - (Anat) s'ossifier, (fig) se scléroser
v. tr. - (Anat) ossifier, (fig) scléroser

Deutsch (German)
v. - verknöchern (lassen)

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - οστεοποιώ/-ούμαι, κοκαλώνω, απολιθώνω/-ομαι, (μτφ.) σκληραίνω, γίνομαι συντηρητικός

Italiano (Italian)
ossificare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - ossificar

Русский (Russian)
окостенеть

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - osificarse
v. tr. - osificar, convertir en hueso

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ossifieras, förvandlas till ben, förvandla till ben, göra benhård

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
骨化, 僵化, 硬化, 使骨化, 使硬化

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 骨化, 僵化, 硬化
v. tr. - 使骨化, 使硬化

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 뼈로 화하다, 무정하게 하다
v. tr. - 경직 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 骨化する, 硬直させる, かたくなにする, 硬化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتحول الى عظم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התקשה‬
v. tr. - ‮הקשה כעצם‬

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