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ossify collapse: become bony; "The tissue ossified"; cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue"

fossilize collapse: become mentally inflexible; convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"

stiffen collapse: make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"; become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"; restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"

petrify collapse: cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"

harden collapse: become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"; make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"

undergird collapse: make secure underneath; "undergird the ship"; lend moral support to

invigorate collapse: impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating"

callous collapse: emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"; make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

reinforce collapse: make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"; strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior"

fortify collapse: add nutrients to; "fortified milk"; enclose by or as if by a fortification

strengthen collapse: gain strength; "His body strengthened"; make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

refresh collapse: make fresh again; make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us"

prop collapse: a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling

buttress collapse: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building; make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"; reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"

season collapse: one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"; a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"; a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"; make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"; lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"

nerve collapse: any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body

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