CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OSSIFY
PRESENT
Present
I ossify
you ossify
he/she/it ossifies
we ossify
you ossify
they ossify
Present continuous
I am ossifying
you are ossifying
he/she/it is ossifying
we are ossifying
you are ossifying
they are ossifying
Present perfect
I have ossified
you have ossified
he/she/it has ossified
we have ossified
you have ossified
they have ossified
Present perfect continuous
I have been ossifying
you have been ossifying
he/she/it has been ossifying
we have been ossifying
you have been ossifying
they have been ossifying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I ossified
you ossified
he/she/it ossified
we ossified
you ossified
they ossified
Past continuous
I was ossifying
you were ossifying
he/she/it was ossifying
we were ossifying
you were ossifying
they were ossifying
Past perfect
I had ossified
you had ossified
he/she/it had ossified
we had ossified
you had ossified
they had ossified
Past perfect continuous
I had been ossifying
you had been ossifying
he/she/it had been ossifying
we had been ossifying
you had been ossifying
they had been ossifying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will ossify
you will ossify
he/she/it will ossify
we will ossify
you will ossify
they will ossify
Future continuous
I will be ossifying
you will be ossifying
he/she/it will be ossifying
we will be ossifying
you will be ossifying
they will be ossifying
Future perfect
I will have ossified
you will have ossified
he/she/it will have ossified
we will have ossified
you will have ossified
they will have ossified
Future perfect continuous
I will have been ossifying
you will have been ossifying
he/she/it will have been ossifying
we will have been ossifying
you will have been ossifying
they will have been ossifying
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would ossify
you would ossify
he/she/it would ossify
we would ossify
you would ossify
they would ossify
Conditional continuous
I would be ossifying
you would be ossifying
he/she/it would be ossifying
we would be ossifying
you would be ossifying
they would be ossifying
Conditional perfect
I would have ossify
you would have ossify
he/she/it would have ossify
we would have ossify
you would have ossify
they would have ossify
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been ossifying
you would have been ossifying
he/she/it would have been ossifying
we would have been ossifying
you would have been ossifying
they would have been ossifying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you ossify
we let´s ossify
you ossify
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
ossifying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OSSIFY»
Discover the use of
ossify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ossify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Osteology of Infants and Children
The carpals all ossify endochondrally from one or two centers and usually do not
appear until after birth. Carpals ossify earlier in females than males, initially with
only a few months difference in timing, but ending with a gap of 2 years by the ...
Brenda J. Baker, Tosha L. Dupras, Matthew W. Tocheri, 2005
2
Craniosynostosis: Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management
Additional information on pituitary development is available elsewhere (9,28,125)
. Fawcett (38) identified anlage of the clivus, sella, and sulcus chias- masticus in
a 21 mm CR length embryo. The first portion to ossify (around 30 to 32 mm CR) ...
Meyer Michael Cohen, Ruth E. MacLean, 2000
3
Interrelationships of Fishes
In most scopelarchids, ribs are ligamentous, but in Scopelarchoides signifer,
most ribs ossify in membrane bone, and only the last two are ligamentous. In all
other aulopiforms except Bathymicrops and Gigantura, which lack ribs, at least
some ...
Melanie L.J. Stiassny, Lynne R. Parenti, G. David Johnson, 1996
4
Clinical Anatomy for Students: Problem Solving Approach
It is an S-shaped subcutaneous long bone that lies horizontally in the body. It is
the first long bone to ossify having two primary centres, which appear during 5th
to 6th weeks of intrauterine life. It is the only long bone to ossify in membrane.
5
JavaScript for Absolute Beginners
By way of the comma operator, we'll define a third variable with the var statement.
That one will be named fn and will contain the function value created by currying
that and ossify. if (Object.defineProperties undefined) { Object.defineProperties ...
6
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
21; cleithrum present; ischia broad; ilia simple, sometimes with small dorsal
prominence, oval cross-section; humerus with large more or less equally
developed epicondyles, humeral ball may ossify and is relatively large; radioulna
smaller ...
7
Elements of General Anatomy; Tr. from the Last Ed. of the ...
These cartilaginous extremities have the same conformation as the extremities
are to have at a later period; they ossify, as has been said, in treating of
ossification in general. Most of them only ossify at the centre, and then form
epiphyses, ...
Pierre Auguste Béclard, M. Ollivier (Charles Prosper), 1830
8
The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology: DIA-INS
The tibia begins to ossify somewhat earlier than the fibula. Both bones begin to
ossify in their shafts ; the ossitic point of the shaft of the tibia appears about the
middle of the second month. According to Meckel, in the embryo of ten Keeks, the
...
Robert Bentley Todd, 1839
9
General Anatomy Genetics Histology And Embryology
They ossify by endochondral ossification. 2. Short long bones : They have a shaft
and a single epiphysis, e.g., metatarsals, metacarpals. [Exception : (i) Clavicle -
modified long bone, present in transverse position, no medullary cavity, ossify by
...
10
Atlas of Developmental Field Anomalies of the Human ...
A B C D E F G H the stylohyal and tympanohyal may not ossify, leaving the bony
styloid absent (Fig. A-4.1.1C). Part or all of the epihyal—the stylohyoid ligament—
may ossify with the styloid to produce a greatly elongated bony styloid that may ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OSSIFY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
ossify is used in the context of the following news items.
Is American Government in Decay?
So can political stability, when it allows institutions to ossify until they cannot adapt to new societal demands. And the United States, he argues, ... «InsiderOnline, Jul 15»
Hastings on Food
As we get older, mid-sixties plus, for the few paranoid, our voice starts to change, our vocal chords weaken, larynx cartilages ossify and our ... «News24, Jul 15»
When noisy teens move into cottage country, make friends: Ethically …
Simply stated, we ossify, which is highfalutin' language for “we become boneheads.” After a lifetime of innovation, we suddenly don't want ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
'Hershey Felder As Irving Berlin' Hits All The Highs And Lows On An …
Another form of mimicry takes place over the play's two-hour running time, as Berlin's attitudes and creative powers ossify and his voice takes ... «WBUR, Jul 15»
TODAY'S EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let's return to politics of values …
Our principles cease being principles and just ossify into dogma. But this doesn't mean that we should change to forget our principles and ... «postzambia.com, Jul 15»
A Progress Report on Charter Schools
... and audacity to take on these and other challenges, or will it, like so many one-time reforms, ossify into a conventional interest group? «InsiderOnline, Jul 15»
An evening with Zairil
He believed it was centralisation in many shapes and forms that came to ossify Malaysian political institution and robbed it of its dynamism. «The Malaysian Insider, Jul 15»
If London is so wretched, why do so many of us want to live here?
While the statist Parisian economy continues to ossify, entrepreneurial London surges forward. Areas such as Shoreditch, King's Cross, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Between the VP and the Federal Character Commission
... not to ossify the political process. This appears to be the problem the APC is grappling with its leadership crisis in the National Assembly and ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
Catching Up With 179 – A Latina Street-Artist And Community …
... attempting to recreate the Salons of the past–attempting to concretize and ossify the definition of who is and who isn't a leading artist here, ... «seattlepi.com, Jul 15»
