To be overwise is to ossify; and the scruple-monger ends by standing stockstill.
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Ossify
//ˈɑ.sə.faɪ//
Synonyms for "ossify" (22 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- вкостенявам се verb (to transform into bone)
Catalan
1 entries- ossificar verb (to transform into bone)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 骨化 verb (to transform into bone)
Dutch
1 entries- verbenen verb (to transform into bone)
Esperanto
1 entries- ostiĝi verb (to transform into bone)
Finnish
4 entries- luuduttaa verb (to transform into bone)
- luuduttaa verb (to become inflexible in habits or opinions)
- luutua verb (to transform into bone)
- luutua verb (to become inflexible in habits or opinions)
French
1 entries- ossifier verb (to transform into bone)
Galician
1 entries- osificar verb (to transform into bone)
Italian
1 entries- ossificare verb (to transform into bone)
Polish
1 entries- kostnieć verb (to transform into bone)
Portuguese
1 entries- ossificar verb (to transform into bone)
Romanian
1 entries- osifica verb (to transform into bone)
Russian
4 entries- грубеть verb (to become inflexible in habits or opinions)
- де́лать бесчувственным verb (to become inflexible in habits or opinions)
- костенеть verb (to transform into bone)
- ожесточать verb (to become inflexible in habits or opinions)
Spanish
1 entries- osificar verb (to transform into bone)
Turkish
1 entries- kemikleşmek verb (to transform into bone)
Ukrainian
4 entries- закріплятися verb (to grow formulaic and permanent)
- костеніти verb (to transform into bone)
- перетворювати на кістку verb (to transform into bone)
- перетворюватися на кістку verb (to transform into bone)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
[…], nor do all bones of the same skeleton ossify during the samе period of time.
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Before long, the entire organization ossifies.
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Possession of absolute knowledge would ossify the human spirit, quenching human creativity;
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