fossilization

Variant of fossilize

fossilize definition

fos·sil·ize (fäs′əl īz′)

transitive verb fossilized -·ized′, fossilizing -·iz′·ing

  1. to change into a fossil or fossils; petrify
  2. to make out of date, rigid, or incapable of change

intransitive verb

to become fossilized

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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