ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌlīz verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary fossil (I) + -ize
transitive verb
1. : to turn into a fossil
their fossilized remains, recovered from some limestone that they helped to build, are often wonderfully attractive — W.E.Swinton
2. : to preserve as if in fossil form : make outmoded, rigid, or fixed
“no” as clearly stamps one as retrogressive, fossilized, probably isolationist or worse — Irving Kolodin
intransitive verb
: to become changed into a fossil
not all plant materials fossilize equally well — Science News Letter