FOSSILIZE

fossilize, fossilise

(verb) become mentally inflexible

fossilize, fossilise

(verb) convert to a fossil; “The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive) to make into a fossil

(intransitive) to become a fossil

(figurative, by extension, intransitive) to become inflexible or outmoded

(figurative, by extension, transitive) To make antiquated, rigid, or fixed; to deaden.

Synonyms

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

Source: Wiktionary

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Fos"sil*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fossilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Fossilizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. fossiliser.]

1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.

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.

Fos"sil*ize, v. i.

1. To become fossil.

2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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