OSSIFIED
fossilized, fossilised, ossified
(adjective) set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; “obsolete fossilized ways”; “an ossified bureaucratic system”
OSSIFY
ossify
(verb) become bony; “The tissue ossified”
ossify
(verb) cause to become hard and bony; “The disease ossified the tissue”
rigidify, ossify, petrify
(verb) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; “rigidify the training schedule”; “ossified teaching methods”; “slogans petrify our thinking”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
ossified (comparative more ossified, superlative most ossified)
Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone).
(of ideas or attitudes) Inflexible, old-fashioned.
(Ireland, US, slang) Drunk
Synonyms
• (of ideas: inflexible, old-fashioned): deep-seated, dĂ©modĂ©, established, fixed, hard-and-fast, inflexible, ingrained, old-fashioned, outdated, outmoded, out of date, passĂ©, rigid
• (drunk): blocked, locked, scuttered; See also drunk
Verb
ossified
simple past tense and past participle of ossify
Source: Wiktionary
Os"si*fied, a.
Definition: Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
OSSIFY
Os"si*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ossified; p. pr. & vb. n. Ossifying.] Etym: [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier. See Osseous.]
1. (Physiol.)
Definition: 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 heart. Ruskin.
Os"si*fy, v. i. (Physiol.)
Definition: To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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