Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of fossilizing or of becoming fossil; petrifaction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The process of becoming fossil.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The process of becoming a
fossil .
Etymologies
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fossil + Latin facere to make.
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Examples
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But this doctrine of referring everything to the will of Allah takes away all stimulus to independent thought; it makes for apathy, improvidence, and mental fossilification.
Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Norman Douglas 1910
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Man has been described as a tool-making animal, but the burnous effectually counteracts that wholesome tendency; it is a mummifying vesture, a step in the direction of fossilification.
Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Norman Douglas 1910
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His hand was the finishing touch of fossilification.
The Soul of the Far East Percival Lowell 1885
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