| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To petrify, solidify or harden.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb fossilize.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fossilize) | 1. Convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone".[Wordnet]. 2. Become mentally inflexible.[Wordnet]. 3. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.[Websters]. 4. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.[Websters]. 5. To become fossil.[Websters]. 6. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: fossilizing, fossilized, fossilizes, fossilizer, fossilizers, fossilizingly and fossilizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "FOSSILIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FOSSILIZING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Changing into a fossil. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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