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Fossilise (Verb)

Become mentally inflexible.

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

His ideas began to fossilise as he grew older and refused to consider alternative viewpoints.
She was in danger of fossilising into a rigid, unyielding thinker if she didn't make an effort to stay open-minded.
Years of routine had caused his creativity to fossilise, leaving him feeling uninspired and stagnant.
As he approached retirement, he found himself increasingly likely to fossilise in his thinking, resistant to new concepts.
His lack of exposure to different cultures had caused his world view to fossilise into a narrow, provincial perspective.

Convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

The tree trunks had begun to fossilise in the dry, barren landscape after thousands of years of being buried.
Millions of years of intense pressure caused the remains of the dead plants to fossilise into beautiful dark fossils.
During the process of permineralization, the ancient creature's bones began to fossilise deep within the cave.
A combination of moisture and pressure over time would fossilise the newly deceased crustaceans in the mud below.
The incredible discovery of a fossilised forest revealed how the once living trees had slowly begun to fossilise over millions of years beneath the dense volcanic ash.