fossilised Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb convert to a fossil
    fossilise; fossilize.
    • The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone
  2. verb become mentally inflexible
    fossilise; fossilize.
  3. adjective satellite set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
    fossilized; ossified.
    • obsolete fossilized ways
    • an ossified bureaucratic system

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