The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
RIGIDIFY
rigidify, ossify, petrify
(verb) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; “rigidify the training schedule”; “ossified teaching methods”; “slogans petrify our thinking”
rigidify
(verb) become rigid; “The body rigidified”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
rigidify (third-person singular simple present rigidifies, present participle rigidifying, simple past and past participle rigidified)
To make rigid, to cause to be or become rigid.
Source: Wiktionary
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OWNER
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