ossified
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs“obsolete fossilized ways”“an ossified bureaucratic system”Synonyms: fossilizedfossilised
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Ossify \Os"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ossified; p. pr. & vb. n. Ossifying.] [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier. See Osseous.]
1.(Physiol.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts. [1913 Webster]
2.(Fig.): To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin. [1913 Webster]
Ossified \Os"si*fied\, a. Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues. [1913 Webster]