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fossilize

English

Alternative forms

  • fossilise

Etymology

fossil +? -ize

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?f?s.?l.a?z/, /?f?sl?a?z/

Verb

fossilize (third-person singular simple present fossilizes, present participle fossilizing, simple past and past participle fossilized)

  1. (transitive) to make into a fossil
  2. (intransitive) to become a fossil
  3. (figuratively, by extension, intransitive) To become inflexible or outmoded.
  4. (figuratively, by extension, transitive) To make antiquated, rigid, or fixed; to deaden.
    • Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head / Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth.

Synonyms

  • (To become a fossil): fossilate (dated), fossilify (dated)

Related terms

  • fossilization

Translations

fossilize From the web:

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  • what fossilized remains
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fossilizable

English

Etymology

fossilize +? -able

Adjective

fossilizable (comparative more fossilizable, superlative most fossilizable)

  1. Able to be converted into a fossil

Related terms

  • fossilize

fossilizable From the web:

  • fossilized meaning
  • what fossilized in tagalog
  • what fossilized remains
  • what does fossilized mean
  • what is fossilized bamboo
  • what is fossilized bamboo flooring
  • what is fossilized resin
  • what is fossilized coral
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