01 v. t. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
imp. & p. p.
Fossilized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fossilizing
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1.
To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
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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.