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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Ossify

Ŏs'si-fȳ, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. OSSIFIED; p. pr. & vb. n. OSSIFYING.] [Fr. ossifier, Sp. osificar, It. ossificare, from Lat. os, ossis, bone, and facere, to make.] To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, or convert into a substance of the hardness of bones.

Os'si-fy, v. i.

verbintransitive

To become bone; to change from soft matter into a substance of bony hardness.