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All ossify synonyms

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verb ossify

  • petrify — to convert into stone or a stony substance.
  • fossilize — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
  • fossilise — Alternative spelling of fossilize.
  • harden — to make hard or harder: to harden steel.
  • solidify — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
  • fix — to repair; mend.
  • paralyse — to affect with paralysis.
  • paralyze — to affect with paralysis.
  • congeal — When a liquid congeals, it becomes very thick and sticky and almost solid.
  • freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
  • indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
  • stiffen — to make stiff.
  • thicken — make thicker
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