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fossilise

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Verb1.fossilise - convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"
fossilize
convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"
lapidify, petrify - change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
2.fossilise - become mentally inflexible
fossilize
senesce, age, maturate, mature, get on - grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"


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