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WordNet (3.0)
fossilization(n) the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone, Syn. fossilisation
fossilization(n) becoming inflexible or out of date, Syn. fossilisation
fossilize(v) convert to a fossil, Syn. fossilise, Example: The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone
fossilize(v) become mentally inflexible, Syn. fossilise

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Fossilization

n. [ Cf. F. fossilisation. ] The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fossilize

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 ]

Fossilize

v. i. 1. To become fossil. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fossilized

a. Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

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