fossilize
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fossilize
- /ˈfɒs.ɪl.aɪz/ UK
- /ˈfɒsl̩aɪz/ UK
verb fossilizes · fossilizing · fossilized · fossilise
- To make into a fossil. Most of the booths had been scooped clean by the scalpel-sharp corner of the glacier in the crash. Three remained. Two of them were punctured and, inside, the once-human occupants had been fossilized into the walls by centuries upon centuries of patient ice.
- To become a fossil.
- To become inflexible or outmoded. I was getting fossilised myself, but of late my stock of ideas has been very much enlarged.
- To make antiquated, rigid, or fixed; to deaden. Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head / Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth.
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verb to make into fossil
| Español | fosilizar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 化石させる kaseki saseru |
| Français | fossiliser |
| Deutsch | fossilisieren |
| Italiano | fossilizzare |
| Română | fosiliza |
| עברית | אִבֵּן ibén |
verb to become a fossil
| Español | fosilizar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 化石する kaseki suru |
| Deutsch | fossilisieren |
| Italiano | fossilizzare |
| Română | se fosiliza |
| עברית | הִתְאַבֵּן hit'abén |
Talk about this word "fossilize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fossilize. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fossilize. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fossilize "fossilize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fossilize.
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@misc{fossilize_2026,
title = {fossilize},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fossilize},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
