Definition of "ossifies" [ossifies]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ossify. (verb)

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• "I believe strongly in the distasteful effect of "kipple", the crap that tends to accumulate on a Web site as it ossifies."
• "Once the left, usually, have defined a group as victims, the attitude ossifies into an unbreachable wall protecting its members from all rational thought."
• "The parts of the skull, like those of the rest of the animal framework, are developed in succession the base of the skull is formed before its sides and roof; it is converted into cartilage earlier and more completely than the sides and roof: and the cartilaginous base ossifies, and becomes soldered into one piece long before the roof."