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Meanings of ossified in English

Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs.

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Examples for "fossilized"
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Similar terrestrial disruption can be inferred from changes in fossilized plant spores.
Wired
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Some of this undigested material was fossilized and can be studied today.
Reuters
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I demorphed amid the fossilized remains of sewage from a dozen species.
The Andalite Chronicles
4
His face fossilized and his little remaining vitality vanished in an instant.
To the end of the land
5
Only about one bone in a billion, it is thought, ever becomes fossilized.
A short history of nearly everything
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Animals living in tropical areas tend to leave fewer fossilised remains behind.
BBC
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For amber is the fossilised resin of trees of the pine family.
The Irish Times
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Broken beams, collapsed roofs, exploded metal shutters and fossilised merchandise crumbled underfoot.
The Guardian
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We're getting quite fossilised down here; Eve's gone and left us again.
Saint's Progress
5
Trees once grew here too, giving the name to the fossilised forest.
The South African
Usage of ossified in English
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Social policy has ossified, no longer attuned to families with young children.
The Guardian
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By age two thousand, their thoughts had completely ossified, losing all creativity.
Taking care of gods
3
The ossified heart of the selfish man is closed against divine compassion.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
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At her age the hyoid wings and body aren't yet ossified.
Bones to Ashes
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Not surprisingly, the membership has grown somewhat ossified over the decades.
Ebony
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He tried to rise, that he might approach and kiss the ossified corpse.
An Antarctic Mystery
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The vertebrae were not ossified, for no trace of them has been found.
The Elements of Geology
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When they are limy throughout they are said to be ossified.
Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
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It will rescue American automobile manufacturing from its own ossified culture and certain demise.
Wired
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Please, bring on the under-40s to flush out these corrupt, ossified cynics from government.
The Irish Times
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Analogous to the bony tissues are the so-called ossified (really, calcified) arteries.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896
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The joints are less supple; the arteries are more or less "ossified."
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
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If this makes the Wine Society sound ossified or overly traditional, it shouldn't do.
The Guardian
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They simply wagged the ossified Domes and hoped the Boys were getting it Honestly.
Knocking the Neighbors
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Five patients underwent radiation therapy, and none of these patients formed stable, ossified constructs.
Pubmed
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Avram seems to have ossified right in front of her.
To the end of the land
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