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Adjective ossified has 2 senses

ossified - changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter; "cartilages ossified with age"
Antonym: soft (indirect, via hard)
fossilized, fossilised, ossified - set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"
Antonym: flexible (indirect, via inflexible)

Verb ossify has 3 senses

ossify - become bony; "The tissue ossified"
--₁ is one way to change state, turn

Derived form: noun ossification₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
rigidify, ossify, petrify - make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
--₂ is one way to stiffen

Derived forms: noun ossification₃, noun ossification₄
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
ossify - cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue"
--₃ is one way to change, alter, modify

Derived form: noun ossification₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something