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 ]
[ピルトダウンじけん, pirutodaun jiken] (n) (obsc) (See ピルトダウン人) Piltdown hoax (1912 discovery of a fossilized ape-human missing-link skull, later revealed to be fraudulent) [Add to Longdo]
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