ossify

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ossify

[′äs·ə‚fī]

(physiology)

To form or turn into bone.

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This deal will not only proliferate CACI's specialization in IT enterprise solutions but also ossify its current relation with CERDEC and other Army C4ISR institutions.

United States : CACI secures a $247 M deal from CERDEC

If you don't take advantage of a little bit of that time before bones fully ossify, then you won't gain as much range.

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The branchial horn I of the hyoid apparatus begins to ossify at the end of stage 17.

Ontogeny of the cranial bones of the giant amazon river turtle Podocnemis expansa Schweigger, 1812 (Testudines, Podocnemididae)/ Ontogenia dos ossos do cranio em tartaruga-da-amazonia Podocnemis expansa Schweigger, 1812 (Testudines, Podocnemididae)

The Dutch Republic was an early modern and modern marvel, developing markets and products far beyond the relatively small limits of its national borders, but as other states emulated its commercial and technological methods its aspirations for empire began to ossify.