Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Ossify

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Ossify


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(1):

(v. i.) To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.

(2):

(v. t.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.

(3):

(v. t.) Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart.