Fossilized
['fɔsilaizd]
Definition
(adj.) set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; 'obsolete fossilized ways'; 'an ossified bureaucratic system' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Fossilize
(a.) Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions.
Edited by Johanna
Examples
- Many of these plants took the form of huge-stemmed trees, of which great multitudes of trunks survive fossilized to this day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is quite understandable that such a creature would very rarely die in water in such circumstances as to leave bones to become fossilized. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These trees are rather mineralized than fossilized. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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