fossilize
Meaning
- (transitive) to make into a fossil
- (intransitive) to become a fossil
- (broadly, figuratively, intransitive) To become inflexible or outmoded.
- (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To make antiquated, rigid, or fixed; to deaden.
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɒs.ɪl.aɪz/
Etymology
From fossil + -ize.
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