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fossilized
(encz) | fossilized,zkamenělý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Fossilized
(gcide) | Fossilize \Fos"sil*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fossilized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fossilizing.] [Cf. F. fossiliser.]
1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize
bones or wood.
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2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by
fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.
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Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head
Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. --Mrs.
Browning.
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Fossilized
(gcide) | Fossilized \Fos"sil*ized\, a.
Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or
opinions.
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A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. --Earle.
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fossilized
(wn) | fossilized
adj 1: set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior,
habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an
ossified bureaucratic system" [syn: fossilized,
fossilised, ossified] |
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Fossilized
(gcide) | Fossilize \Fos"sil*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fossilized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fossilizing.] [Cf. F. fossiliser.]
1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize
bones or wood.
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2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by
fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.
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Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head
Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. --Mrs.
Browning.
[1913 Webster]Fossilized \Fos"sil*ized\, a.
Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or
opinions.
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A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. --Earle.
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Unfossilized
(gcide) | Unfossilized \Unfossilized\
See fossilized. |
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