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.
2.
To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.
Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head
Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth.
Mrs. Browning.
© Webster 1913.
Fos"sil*ize, v. i.
1.
To become fossil.
2.
To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.
© Webster 1913.