- 1[intransitive, transitive, usually passive] ossify (something) to become or make something fixed and unable to change an ossified political system
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- 2[intransitive, transitive, usually passive] ossify (something) (technology) to become or make something hard like bone
ossify
verbNAmE//ˈɑsəˌfaɪ//
[usually passive] (formal) (disapproving)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they ossify he / she / it ossifies
past simple ossified
-ing form ossifying
NAmE//ˌɑsəfəˈkeɪʃn//
noun [uncountable] (formal)See ossify in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: ossify