What is the meaning of Fossilize?

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(v.i.) To become antiquated, rigid or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.
(v.t.) To cause to become antiquated, rigid or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.
(v.t.) To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
(v.i.) To become fossil.

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