Associations to the word «Fossilize»

Wiktionary

FOSSILIZE, verb. (transitive) to make into a fossil
FOSSILIZE, verb. (intransitive) to become a fossil
FOSSILIZE, verb. (figurative) (by extension) (intransitive) to become inflexible or outmoded
FOSSILIZE, verb. (figurative) (by extension) (transitive) To make antiquated, rigid, or fixed; to deaden.

Dictionary definition

FOSSILIZE, verb. Convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone".
FOSSILIZE, verb. Become mentally inflexible.

Wise words

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.