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fossilate

fossilate verb: to fossilize.

Verb

fossilate (third-person singular simple present fossilates, present participle fossilating, simple past and past participle fossilated)

  1. (dated) To fossilize

Forms of fossilate

third-person singular presentfossilates
present participlefossilating
past participlefossilated
pastfossilated

Origin of fossilate

From fossil + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about fossilate

What does fossilate mean?
Fossilate means to fossilize.
What part of speech is fossilate?
Fossilate is a verb.
What is the past tense of fossilate?
The past tense of fossilate is fossilated.

Words near fossilate in the dictionary

  1. fossil twisters
  2. fossil water
  3. fossil waters
  4. fossil word
  5. fossil words
  6. fossilate
  7. fossilated
  8. fossilates
  9. fossilating
  10. fossildom
  11. fossiled

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