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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fos•sil•ize /ˈfɑsəˌlaɪz/USA pronunciation v., -ized, -iz•ing. - Geologyto convert into or become a fossil: [no object]Those specimens will fossilize.[~ + object]Those specimens were fossilized by the passing of time.
- to cause to become out-of-date:[~ + object; often: be + ~-ed]fossilized social attitudes.
fos•sil•i•za•tion /ˌfɑsələˈzeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fos•sil•ize (fos′ə līz′),USA pronunciation v., -ized, -iz•ing. v.t. - Geologyto convert into a fossil;
replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism. - to change as if into mere lifeless remains or traces of the past.
- to make rigidly antiquated:Time has fossilized such methods.
v.i. - Geologyto become a fossil or fossillike:The plant fossilized in comparatively recent geologic time.
- Linguistics(of a linguistic form, feature, rule, etc.) to become permanently established in the interlanguage of a second-language learner in a form that is deviant from the target-language norm and that continues to appear in performance regardless of further exposure to the target language.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] fos′sil•ise′. fos′sil•iz′a•ble, adj. fos′sil•i•za′tion, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fossilize, fossilise /ˈfɒsɪˌlaɪz/ vb - to convert or be converted into a fossil
- to become or cause to become antiquated or inflexible
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