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Webster 1913 Edition
Ossify
Os′si-fy
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ossified
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ossifying
.] 1.
(Physiol.)
To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
2.
(Fig.)
: To harden;
as, to
. ossify
the heartRuskin.
Os′si-fy
,Verb.
I.
(Physiol.)
To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ossify
OS'SIFY
,Verb.
T.
To form bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, or convert into a substance of the hardness of bones. This is done by the deposition of calcarious phosphate or carbonate on the part.
OS'SIFY
,Verb.
I.