rigidify

verb

Definition of rigidifynext
as in to crystallize

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  1. crystallize
  2. ossify
  3. calcify
  4. stiffen
  5. petrify
  6. coagulate
  7. thicken
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  • Like Carpenter’s floor plans, which in 1912 crystallized his ideas for superior apartment planning in the design for 635 Park Avenue, Candela’s also adhere to certain consistent principles for dividing the apartment into discrete areas for entertaining, service, and private life.
    David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Honey Cold temperatures can cause honey to crystallize more quickly than when stored in a dark, cool place like your pantry.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
Definition of crystallize
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  • The stereotypes of retirement had not yet ossified: AARP Nation was a new territory, undiscovered if not fertile, and Jansson explored it in Sun City (New York Review Books, $16.95), now reissued in Thomas Teal’s 1976 translation.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Once the answers become ossified, the questions become rhetorical, and the education ceases to cultivate the child’s capacities.
    Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of ossify
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  • The nation’s political divides might just be too old, and too calcified, to keep pace—which, for once, might be to the benefit of the American people.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Things that are stylish and clever the first time are calcified by the fourth episode.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of calcify
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  • Certainly, the competition level stiffened recently with Indiana and Ohio State handing the Cornhuskers losses in their two most recent games.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Once the lens stiffens, it cannot be made more supple again.
    Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of stiffen
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  • The body was supposedly petrified by sap, and the loggers found several gold coins dating to the late 1600s, as well as pieces of paper identifying the person as Pierre D’Artagnan.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The West and Israel should be mindful over the apparent change in tempo of Iran’s uranium enrichment and be petrified of losing the wider war of non proliferation in a region unable to step back from the brink.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 28 Sep. 2024
Definition of petrify
Verb
  • As a preventative course of treatment, people with the blood disorder receive weekly injections of factor IX to enable their blood to coagulate, said GOSH.
    Julia O'Driscoll, The Week UK, theweek, 27 June 2024
  • And when calcium salt is used to coagulate it, tofu is very high in calcium.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2024
Definition of coagulate
Verb
  • Coffees are mixed with fruit juice, scented with flowers, and thickened with rice and even cheese.
    Eunice Yoon, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
  • This serum is designed to strengthen, lengthen, and thicken your lashes in just a few uses.
    Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of thicken
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