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. |