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ossify (v.)
1713, "to turn into bone," a back-formation from
ossification
, or else modeled on French
ossifier
(18c.) and formed from Latin
os
(genitive
ossis
) "bone" (see
osseous
) +
-fy
. Figurative sense is from 1858. Related:
Ossified
;
ossifying
.
