Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anchylose \An"chy*lose\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Anchylosed};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Anchylosing}.] [Cf. F. ankyloser.]
   To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or
   consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together
   into one. [Spelt also {ankylose}.] --Owen.