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单词 fossilate
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fossilatev.

Brit. /ˈfɒsᵻleɪt/, U.S. /ˈfɑsəˌleɪt/
Forms: 1800s fossillate, 1800s– fossilate.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fossil n., -ate suffix3.
Etymology: < fossil n. + -ate suffix3. Compare slightly earlier fossilated adj. Compare also earlier fossilize v.
rare.
transitive and intransitive = fossilize v. Frequently figurative.
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the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [verb (transitive)]
fossilize1794
fossilate1822
the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [verb (intransitive)]
fossilize1828
fossilate1853
1822 Imperial Mag. 4 1201 This charcoal was fossilated, and mixed, apparently, with zinc or copper.
1853 R. Vaughan John de Wycliffe iii. 58 The town has dwindled from what it once was to almost nothing... So do places fossillate even in this busy England of ours.
1950 Tempo No. 15. 6 His musical conservatism cannot fossilate because it is capable of extensive and rapid adjustments to its environment.
1972 Jrnl. Soc. Engineers 63 160 I think you cannot fossilate a bubble inside a matrix and control its size, shape and position.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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