ossifying

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A form of ossify — To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of ossify

    Won't you come over and love me? / Won't you come over again? / Help me overcome the unnerving / Ossifying body I'm in

    2013, Noah Georgeson, Devendra Banhart, “Won't You Come Over”, in Mala
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APA

ossifying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ossifying

MLA

“ossifying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ossifying. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ossifying,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ossifying.

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