'Fossilizing' definitions:

Definition of 'Fossilizing'

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  • 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]