| fossilise 
 
 1. convert to a fossil
 - The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone
 • Syn:
 fossilize
 • Derivationally related forms:
 fossilisation, fossilization (for: fossilize), fossil (for: fossilize)
 • Hypernyms:
 convert
 • Hyponyms:
 lapidify, petrify
 • Verb Frames:
 - Something ----s
 - Something ----s something
 2. become mentally inflexible
 • Syn:
 fossilize
 • Derivationally related forms:
 fossilisation
 • Hypernyms:
 senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s
 
 
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