verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To make rigid, to cause to be or become rigid.
2. 2
   make rigid and set into a conventional pattern wordnet
3. 3
   become rigid wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

backbraceossifypetrifyreinforcerigidize

Etymology

From rigid + -ify.

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