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Fossilised, petrified (8)

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I believe the answer is:

ossified

This clue is a double definition.

'fossilised' is the first definition.
(I know that fossilised can be written as ossified)

'petrified' is the second definition.
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(Other definitions for ossified that I've seen before include "Fossilised, petrified" , "If so, dies, being changed into bone" , "Made rigid and set into a conventional pattern" , "Turned to stone" , "Turned to bone with age" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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