Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense ossifies, present participle ossifying, past tense, past participle ossified
V-ERG (使)僵化;(使)一成不变;(使)墨守成规 If an idea, system, or organization ossifies or if something ossifies it, it becomes fixed and difficult to change. (使)僵化;(使)一成不变;(使)墨守成规 [formal, disapproval] [Also Vinto n]
It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry. [VERB noun]
人们认为实行配给制会使农业失去活力。
British society tended to ossify and close ranks as the 1930s drew to their close. [VERB]