Fossilize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Fossilize	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Fossilize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fossilize v convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone" Synonym(s): fossilize, fossilise become mentally inflexible Synonym(s): fossilize, fossilise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fossilize \Fos"silize\, 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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fossilize \Fos"sil*ize\, v. i. 1. To become fossil. 2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.