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RIGIDIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: rigidified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

Example:

slogans petrify our thinking

Synonyms:

ossify; petrify; rigidify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "rigidify" is one way to...):

stiffen (make stiff or stiffer)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

rigidity (the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe)

rigidity (the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become rigid

Example:

The body rigidified

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "rigidify" is one way to...):

stiffen (become stiff or stiffer)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

rigidification; rigidifying (the process of becoming stiff or rigid)

rigidity (the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending)

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