ossifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of ossify
as in calcifies

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  1. crystallizes
  2. petrifies
  3. stiffens
  4. gelatinizes
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  • Ice, inevitably, crystalizes in the country’s legends and stories.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 July 2026
  • In marketing, the brief has always been where strategy crystallizes or falls apart.
    — Laiba Tariq, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of crystallizes
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  • Here, a source of primordial terror—the gaze that petrifies—is deflected by way of the highly polished shield that Perseus wields against the creature.
    — Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The former slingshots between harmony and hysteria; the latter petrifies its beauty under a haze of ashy gray powder.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Nov. 2025
Definition of petrifies
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  • This remains soft during low-energy movement but stiffens upon high-impact force.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 27 July 2026
  • For seven-and-a-half years, Ladd had dealt with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a progressive lung disease that stiffens and scars the lungs.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 24 June 2026
Definition of stiffens
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  • Before freezing, blanching the potatoes gelatinizes surface starches, and freezing encourages those starches to reorganize into a firmer structure.
    — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
Definition of gelatinizes
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