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   fossilize

   /ˈfɒsəlʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. preserve (an animal or plant) so that it becomes a fossil: "the hard parts of the body are readily fossilized"
   • ▪ become a fossil: "flowers do not readily fossilize"
   • ▪ become or cause to become fixed and incapable of change or development: "we want to see a working countryside—we don't want to see it fossilized"

   Derivatives

   • 1. fossilization noun

   Scrabble Points: 21

   • F

     4

   • O

     1

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   • E

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