"ossified" in the verb sense

1. ossify

become bony

"The tissue ossified"

2. rigidify, ossify, petrify

make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

"rigidify the training schedule"

"ossified teaching methods"

"slogans petrify our thinking"

3. ossify

cause to become hard and bony

"The disease ossified the tissue"

"ossified" in the adjective sense

1. fossilized, fossilised, ossified

set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs

"obsolete fossilized ways"

"an ossified bureaucratic system"

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