1. Convert to a fossil
   "The little animals fossilised and are now embedded in the limestone"
   - fossilize 
2. Become mentally inflexible
   - fossilize

Derived forms: fossilised, fossilises, fossilising

See also: fossilisation [Brit]

Type of: age, convert, get on, maturate, mature, senesce

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