Bible Dictionaries
Ossify

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.

(2):

(v. t.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.

(3):

(v. t.) Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ossify'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/ossify.html. 1828.