#308: ossify

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#308: ossify

4/12/2016

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o'er time and troubles
her body would ossify
but her spirit still soared

31 May 2015, Harriette Thompson, 92-years-young, finishes the San Diego Marathon. Hurrah!

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DEFINITION of this 3-syllable verb:

to become rigid or inflexible in habits, attitudes, opinions, etc.: a young man who began to ossify right after college.
to convert into or cause to harden like bone.
to become bone or harden like bone.

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