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English Dictionary: fossilized	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fossilized
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fossilized adj set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system" Synonym(s): fossilized, fossilised, ossified
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fossilize \Fos"sil*ize\, 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]:
Fossilized \Fos"silized\, a. Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions. A fossilized* sample of confused provincialism. --Earle.