v.
Pronunciation: ' fä-s ə - ˌ l ī z
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -ized ; -iz · ing
Date: 1794
transitive verb
1 : to convert into a fossil
2 : to make outmoded, rigid, or fixed
intransitive verb : to become changed into a fossil
– fos · sil · i · za · tion \ ' fä-s ə -l ə - ' z ā -sh ə n \ noun