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Fossilize
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To become fossil.
2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.