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Adjective: fossilized  'fó-su'lIzd
  1. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behaviour, habits, or beliefs
    "obsolete fossilized ways"
    - fossilised [Brit], ossified
Verb: fossilize  'fó-su`lIz
  1. Convert to a fossil
    "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"
    - fossilise [Brit]
     
  2. Become mentally inflexible
    - fossilise [Brit]

See also: fossil, fossilization, inflexible

Type of: age, convert, get on, maturate, mature, senesce

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