Ossify

Ossify [ OS-uh’-fahy ]
	[ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
	MEANING :
	1. (tr.v.) to harden and transform to a bone 2. (tr. v.) to be rigid or resist change and unconventionality 3. (intr. v.) to change a bone by hardening 4. (intr. v.) to be rigid or unconventional in beliefs and behaviour
	USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
	Countries that do not allow any form of free expression to their people will ossify artistically, socially and ultimately economically.