fossil if i cation (fosil"ifikashon)

[ fo ilify (fo-sil'i-fi), v.; pret. and pp. fo ilified, ppr. fo ilifying. [ II. in trans. To become a fo il; petrify. silize. fo ilisation, fo ilise. See fo ilization, fos fo il ism (fos'il-izm), n. [ It is well shaded by tall ash trees of a species, as Mr. Jones, the fo i list , informed me, uncommonly valuable. Johnson, Jour. to Western Isles. fo ility (fo-sil'i-ti), n. [F. fo il ité ; as fo il + -ity .] Same as fo il ism , 1. fo ilization (fos"il-i-za's hon), n. [= F. fos silisation ; as fo ilize + -ation .] The act or proce of fo ilizing, or converting animal or vegetable substances into fo ils or petrifactions; the state of being fo ilized Also spo ed fo ilisation . spell + -ist.] One versed in fo il ology; a fo i list. [