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petrify

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Main Entry: pet·ri·fy
Pronunciation: \ˈpe-trə-ˌfī\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): pet·ri·fied; pet·ri·fy·ing
Etymology: Middle French petrifier, from petr- + -ifier -ify
Date: 1594

transitive verb 1 : to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
2 : to make rigid or inert like stone: a : to make lifeless or inactive : deaden <slogans are apt to petrify a man's thinking — Saturday Review> b : to confound with fear, amazement, or awe <a novel about an airline pilot that will petrify you — Martin Levin> intransitive verb : to become stone or of stony hardness or rigidity




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