Fossilize
Fossilize , transitive verb
[Compare French 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.
Fossilize , intransitive verb
1.
To become fossil.
2.
To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.