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ossify

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1 : to become or change into bone or bony tissue

2 : to become or make hardened or set in one's ways





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• When a baby is born, many of the bones in its body have yet to ossify.

• "Bargaining systems that address legitimate problems today may ossify into cumbersome bureaucracies over time." - Dante Ramos, The Boston Globe, 27 Mar. 2016

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