ossify

verb

The doctor used a cast to ossify the broken bone.

意味（1）

[…], nor do all bones of the same skeleton ossify during the samе period of time.

意味（2）

(transitive, intransitive, animate) To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions.

Before long, the entire organization ossifies.

意味（3）

(transitive, intransitive, inanimate) To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent.

意味（4）

(rare) To calcify.