Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OS'SI-FY
OS'SI-FY, v.t. [L. os, bone, and facio, to form.]
To form bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, or convert into a substance of the hardness of bones. This is done by the deposition of calcarious phosphate or carbonate on the part. Sharp. Ure.
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