Look up: petrify

1. petrify
   to make hard rocklike 
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2. petrify
   [v] - cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned
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3. Petrify
   Pet'ri·fy transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Petrified ; present participle & verbal noun Petrifying .] [ Latin petra rock, Greek ... (akin to ... a stone) + -fy ...
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4. Petrify
   Pet'ri·fy intransitive verb 1. To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits. 2. Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate. « Like Niobe we marble grow, And petrify with grief.» Dryden.
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5. petrify
   1. To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance. 'A river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves.' (Kirwan) ... 2. To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young. 'Petrifying accuracy.' 'And p...
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6. Petrify
   • (v. t.) To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance. • (v. i.) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits. • (v. t.) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to...
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