'Fossilize' definitions:

Definition of 'fossilize'

(from WordNet)
verb
Convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone" [syn: fossilize, fossilise]
verb
Become mentally inflexible [syn: fossilize, fossilise]

Definition of 'Fossilize'

From: GCIDE
  • Fossilize \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden. [1913 Webster]
  • Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fossilize'

From: GCIDE
  • Fossilize \Fos"sil*ize\, v. i.
  • 1. To become fossil. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'fossilize'

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