ossify

To change into bone; become bony.

To become set in a rigidly conventional pattern.

To convert (a membrane or cartilage, for example) into bone.

To mold into a rigidly conventional pattern.

To make or form bone in or of; cause ossification in or of; convert into bone, as membrane or cartilage; harden like bone; render osseous.

To become bone; undergo ossification; change or be changed from soft tissue to bone.

To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.

To harden.

To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.

To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.