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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: fossilize (0.02237 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to fossilize.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fossilize
fossilize
v 1: convert to a fossil;
“The little animals fossilized and are
now embedded in the limestone” [syn:
fossilise]
2: become mentally inflexible [syn:
fossilise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fossilize
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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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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