ossify-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: (Cause to) become hard and bony.

Examples:
The tissue ossified.
The disease ossified the tissue.
Time ossifies the tissues of all beings.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: ossify.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3

Sense Number 2: Make an abstract concept rigid or set into a conventional pattern.

Examples:
We cannot ossify our thinking on this matter.
Armstrong ossified his training plan, and did not deviate for years.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: ossify.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2