Fossilize

Definition of Fossilize

Fos´sil`ize
v. t.1.To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
[imp. & p. p. Fossilized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fossilizing .]
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.
v. i.1.To become fossil.
2.To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.

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