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. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden. [1913 Webster] Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] Fossilize \Fos"sil*ize\, v. i. 1. To become fossil. [1913 Webster] 2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress. [1913 Webster]