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fossilize
fos·sil·ize F0276300 (fŏs′ə-līz′)v. fos·sil·ized, fos·sil·iz·ing, fos·sil·iz·es v.tr.1. To convert into a fossil.2. To make outmoded or inflexible with time; antiquate.v.intr. To become a fossil.
fos′sil·i·za′tion (-sə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.fossilize (ˈfɒsɪˌlaɪz) or fossilisevb1. (Palaeontology) to convert or be converted into a fossil2. to become or cause to become antiquated or inflexible ˈfossilˌizable, ˈfossilˌisable adj ˌfossiliˈzation, ˌfossiliˈsation nfos•sil•ize (ˈfɒs əˌlaɪz)
v. -ized, -iz•ing. v.t. 1. to convert into a fossil; replace organic matter with mineral substances in the remains of an organism. 2. to cause to become outmoded or unchanging. v.i. 3. to become a fossil or fossillike. [1785–95] fos`sil•i•za′tion, n. fossilize
Past participle: fossilized
Gerund: fossilizing
| Imperative |
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| fossilize | | fossilize |
| Present |
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| I fossilize | | you fossilize | | he/she/it fossilizes | | we fossilize | | you fossilize | | they fossilize |
| Preterite |
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| I fossilized | | you fossilized | | he/she/it fossilized | | we fossilized | | you fossilized | | they fossilized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am fossilizing | | you are fossilizing | | he/she/it is fossilizing | | we are fossilizing | | you are fossilizing | | they are fossilizing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have fossilized | | you have fossilized | | he/she/it has fossilized | | we have fossilized | | you have fossilized | | they have fossilized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was fossilizing | | you were fossilizing | | he/she/it was fossilizing | | we were fossilizing | | you were fossilizing | | they were fossilizing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had fossilized | | you had fossilized | | he/she/it had fossilized | | we had fossilized | | you had fossilized | | they had fossilized |
| Future |
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| I will fossilize | | you will fossilize | | he/she/it will fossilize | | we will fossilize | | you will fossilize | | they will fossilize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have fossilized | | you will have fossilized | | he/she/it will have fossilized | | we will have fossilized | | you will have fossilized | | they will have fossilized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be fossilizing | | you will be fossilizing | | he/she/it will be fossilizing | | we will be fossilizing | | you will be fossilizing | | they will be fossilizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been fossilizing | | you have been fossilizing | | he/she/it has been fossilizing | | we have been fossilizing | | you have been fossilizing | | they have been fossilizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been fossilizing | | you will have been fossilizing | | he/she/it will have been fossilizing | | we will have been fossilizing | | you will have been fossilizing | | they will have been fossilizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been fossilizing | | you had been fossilizing | | he/she/it had been fossilizing | | we had been fossilizing | | you had been fossilizing | | they had been fossilizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would fossilize | | you would fossilize | | he/she/it would fossilize | | we would fossilize | | you would fossilize | | they would fossilize |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have fossilized | | you would have fossilized | | he/she/it would have fossilized | | we would have fossilized | | you would have fossilized | | they would have fossilized |
fossilizeTo turn something into a fossil.Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | fossilize - convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"fossiliseconvert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"lapidify, petrify - change into stone; "the wood petrified with time" | | 2. | fossilize - become mentally inflexiblefossilisesenesce, age, maturate, mature, get on - grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce" |
Translationsfossil (ˈfosl) noun the hardened remains of an animal or vegetable found in rock. Fossils have been found here which may be a million years old. 化石 化石ˈfossilize, ˈfossilise verb to change into a fossil. Time had fossilized the animal remains in the river-bed. 使成化石 使成化石EncyclopediaSeefossilfossilize
Related to fossilize: fossilisationSynonyms for fossilizeverb convert to a fossilSynonymsRelated Wordsverb become mentally inflexibleSynonymsRelated Words- senesce
- age
- maturate
- mature
- get on
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