Meaning of FOSSILIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'fâsu`lIz
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- [v] become mentally inflexible
- [v] convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"
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| | Synonyms: | | fossilise |
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| | See Also: | | age, change over, convert, get on, lapidify, maturate, mature, petrify | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Fos"sil*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fossilized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Fossilizing}.] [Cf. F. fossiliser.]
1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize
bones or wood.
2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by
fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.
Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to
fossilize her girlish mirth. --Mrs.
Browning.
\Fos"sil*ize\, v. i.
1. To become fossil.
2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the
influence of change or progress.
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| | Related Terms: | | age, anneal, antiquate, become extinct, become obsolete, calcify, callous, case harden, cornify, date, fade, firm, fust, grow old, harden, indurate, lapidify, lithify, lose currency, molder, obsolesce, ossify, outdate, perish, petrify, rust, steel, superannuate, temper, toughen, vitrify |
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