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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