fossilize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
fossilize
    v 1: convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are
         now embedded in the limestone" [syn: {fossilize},
         {fossilise}]
    2: become mentally inflexible [syn: {fossilize}, {fossilise}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fossilize \Fos"sil*ize\, v. i.
   1. To become fossil.
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   2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the
      influence of change or progress.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by
      fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.
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            Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head
            Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "fossilize":
      age, anneal, antiquate, become extinct, become obsolete, calcify,
      callous, case harden, cornify, date, fade, firm, fust, grow old,
      harden, indurate, lapidify, lithify, lose currency, molder,
      obsolesce, ossify, outdate, perish, petrify, rust, steel,
      superannuate, temper, toughen, vitrify
antiflux / dictionary / fossilize
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