資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.

Ossified \Os"si*fied\, a.
   Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by
   deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.

資料來源 : WordNet®

ossified
     adj 1: changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter;
            "cartilages ossified with age"
     2: set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits,
        or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified
        bureaucratic system" [syn: {fossilized}, {fossilised}]

ossify
     v 1: become bony; "The tissue ossified"
     2: make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify
        the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods";
        "slogans petrify our thinking" [syn: {rigidify}, {petrify}]
     3: cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the
        tissue"
     [also: {ossified}]

ossified
     See {ossify}