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Ossify

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reossifyverbTo ossify again.
agatizeverb(transitive) To convert a living thing into the form of an agate; to fossilize.
solidifyverb(intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.
oldifyverbTo cause to appear older.
carnifyverb(intransitive) To form flesh; to become like flesh.
fleshifyverbTo make or become flesh; to incarnate.
metamorphizenoun(ambitransitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
fossilizeverb(intransitive) to become a fossil
evolveverb(transitive) To change or transform (something).
chondrifyverb(ambitransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
gelatinifyverb(ambitransitive) To make or become gelatinous.
zoomorphizeverb(transitive) To endow with animal qualities.
animalizeverbTo represent in the form of an animal.
fossiliseverbAlternative spelling of fossilize. [(transitive) to make into a fossil]
rigidizeverb(ambitransitive, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of rigidify.
metamorphosenoun(by extension, intransitive) To undergo some transformation.
cornifynoun(chiefly medicine) To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance
fishifyverb(transitive) To change (flesh) to fish; to transform into a fish.
recarnifyverb(obsolete) To convert again into flesh.
fossilifyverb(dated) To fossilize

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