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"roman": "peretvorjuvaty na kistku",
"sense": "to transform into bone",
"word": "перетворювати на кістку"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become inflexible in habits or opinions",
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "luutua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become inflexible in habits or opinions",
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"word": "luuduttaa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čerstvetʹ",
"sense": "to become inflexible in habits or opinions",
"word": "черстветь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grubetʹ",
"sense": "to become inflexible in habits or opinions",
"word": "грубеть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ožestočatʹ",
"sense": "to become inflexible in habits or opinions",
"word": "ожесточать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ besčuvstvennym",
"sense": "to become inflexible in habits or opinions",
"word": "де́лать бесчувственным"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čerstvity",
"sense": "to become inflexible in habits or opinions",
"word": "черствіти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stavaty konservatyvnym",
"sense": "to become inflexible in habits or opinions",
"word": "ставати консервативним"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to grow formulaic and permanent",
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "vakiintua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to grow formulaic and permanent",
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"word": "vakiinnuttaa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zakripljatysja",
"sense": "to grow formulaic and permanent",
"word": "закріплятися"
}
],
"word": "ossify"
}
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