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fossilify

fossilify verb: to fossilize.

Verb

fossilify (third-person singular simple present fossilifies, present participle fossilifying, simple past and past participle fossilified)

  1. (dated) To fossilize

Forms of fossilify

third-person singular presentfossilifies
present participlefossilifying
past participlefossilified
pastfossilified

Origin of fossilify

From fossil + -ify.

Questions about fossilify

What does fossilify mean?
Fossilify means to fossilize.
What part of speech is fossilify?
Fossilify is a verb.
What is the past tense of fossilify?
The past tense of fossilify is fossilified.

Words near fossilify in the dictionary

  1. fossiliferous
  2. fossiliferously
  3. fossilification
  4. fossilified
  5. fossilifies
  6. fossilify
  7. fossilifying
  8. fossilisable
  9. fossilisation
  10. fossilisations
  11. fossilise

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