English-Thai Dictionary

fossilize

VT เปลี่ยนเป็น ซาก หิน  ทำให้ ล้าสมัย  fossilise

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOSSILIZE

v.t.To convert into a fossil; as, to fossilize bones or wood.

 

FOSSILIZE

v.i.To become or be changed into a fossil.

 

FOSSILIZED

pp. Converted into a fossil.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FOSSILIZE

Fos "sil *ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fossilized; p. pr. & vb. n.Fossilizing. ] Etym: [Cf. F. fossiliser. ]

 

1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.

 

2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden. Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. Mrs. Browning.

 

FOSSILIZE

FOSSILIZE Fos "sil *ize, v. i.

 

1. To become fossil.

 

2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.

 

FOSSILIZED

FOSSILIZED Fos "sil *ized, a.

 

Defn: Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions. A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. Earle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fossilize

fos sil ize |ˈfäsəˌlīz ˈfɑsəˌlaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be fossilized ) preserve (an organism ) so that it becomes a fossil: the hard parts of the body are readily fossilized. • [ no obj. ] become a fossil: flowers do not readily fossilize. • become or cause to become antiquated, fixed, or incapable of change or development. DERIVATIVES fos sil i za tion |ˌfäsəliˈzāSHən |noun

 

fossilized

fos sil ized |ˈfäsəˌlīzd ˈfɑːsəlaɪzd | ▶adjective preserved to become a fossil: a fossilized bone | fossilized human remains. • archaic and incapable of change: a faltering economy and a fossilized political system.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fossilize

fossilize |ˈfɒs (ə )lʌɪz, ˈfɒsɪlʌɪz |(also fossilise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] preserve (an animal or plant ) so that it becomes a fossil: the hard parts of the body are readily fossilized. • [ no obj. ] become a fossil. • become or cause to become fixed and incapable of change or development: [ with obj. ] : we want to see a working countryside —we don't want to see it fossilized. DERIVATIVES fossilization |-ˈzeɪʃ (ə )n |noun

 

fossilized

fossilized |ˈfɒs (ə )lʌɪzd, fɒsɪlʌɪzd |(also fossilised ) ▶adjective preserved to become a fossil: a fossilized bone | fossilized human remains. • archaic and incapable of change: a faltering economy and a fossilized political system.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fossilized

fossilized adjective 1 fossilized remains: petrified, ossified. 2 a fossilized idea: archaic, antiquated, antediluvian, old-fashioned, quaint, outdated, outmoded, behind the times, anachronistic, stuck in time; informal prehistoric.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fossilized

fossilized adjective 1 the fossilized remains of extinct animals: petrified, ossified; rare lapidified. 2 a traditional pattern of etiquette was the fossilized norm in the royal court: archaic, antiquated, antediluvian, old-fashioned, quaint, outdated, outmoded, behind the times, anachronistic, stuck in time; informal prehistoric.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fossilize

fos sil ize /fɑ́s (ə )làɪz |fɔ́s -/動詞 自動詞 他動詞 1 (…を )化石化する ; 〖通例 be ～d 〗化石化した .2 ｟非難して ｠(…が [を ])硬化する [させる ], 老化する [させる ].