What is the meaning of fossilised?

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verb

Convert to a fossil.
- usage: "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"
- synonyms: fossilize, fossilise
Become mentally inflexible.
- synonyms: fossilize, fossilise

adjective

Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs.
- usage: "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"
- synonyms: fossilized, ossified

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