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fos·sil·ize
 fossilize
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- pronunciation:
- fa
s
laIz
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
fossilizes, fossilizing, fossilized |
| definition 1: |
to make into a fossil by replacing organic matter with mineral substances.
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| definition 2: |
to make hardened, rigid, or outmoded as though turned to stone, esp. a person's ideas or attitudes.
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to become, or become like, a fossil.
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adverb + (v.)fossilize
hard, nearly, rarely
(v.)fossilize
+ noun
animal, bone, coral, dinosaur, gas, gene, ivory, landscape, leaf, organism, plant, remains, silver, stone, tooth, track, wood
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| derivation: |
fossilization (n.) |
The word fossilize
contains the following part:
-ize, -ise
Greek
verb-forming suffix
that means to turn into or cause to be
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ize
, -ise
forms transitive verbs from adjectives (civilize
) and nouns (crystallize
). The oldest English verbs ending in -ize
were loanwords from Greek (baptize
, catechize
).
Example words:
advertise, aggrandize, alphabetize, Americanize, anesthetize, anthologize, baptize, caramelize, catechize, categorize, centralize, chastise, civilize, conventionalize, crystallize, destabilize, enfranchise, equalize, familiarize, fantasize, fossilize, generalize, harmonize, immobilize, immunize, miniaturize, monetize, monopolize, moralize, nebulize, rationalize, recognize, revolutionize, stabilize, sterilize, tranquilize, victimize
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