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LAPIDIFY
lapidify, petrify
(verb) change into stone; “the wood petrified with time”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
lapidify (third-person singular simple present lapidifies, present participle lapidifying, simple past and past participle lapidified)
(intransitive) To become stone or stony.
(transitive) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.
(transitive) To cause to become permanent; to solidify.
Source: Wiktionary
La*pid"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lapidified; p. pr. & vb. n. Lapidifying.] Etym: [Cf. f. lapidifier. See Lapidific, and -fy.]
Definition: To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.
La*pid"i*fy, v. i.
Definition: To become stone or stony
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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