Word Study
fossilize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb fossilize has 2 senses
- fossilize(v = verb.change) fossilise - convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone" is one way to convert
- fossilize(v = verb.change) fossilise - become mentally inflexible; Array is one way to age, get on, maturate, mature, senesce
Derived forms noun fossil2, noun fossilization1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
fossilize, v. t. [Cf. F. fossiliser.].
- To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood. [1913 Webster]
- 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." [1913 Webster]
fossilize, v. i.
- To become fossil. [1913 Webster]
- To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
fossilize
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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