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Petrifaction :: Petrifaction (n.) The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness..

Petrific :: Petrific (a.) Petrifying; petrifactive.

Fossilize :: Fossilize (v. t.) To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood..

Petrify :: Petrify (v. t.) To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance..

Petrify :: Petrify (v. i.) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits..

Petrifying :: Petrifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Petrif.

Stony :: Stony (superl.) Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.

Petrifactive :: Petrifactive (a.) Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.

Gorgonize :: Gorgonize (v. t.) To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify.

Lapidify :: Lapidify (v. t.) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.

Petrify :: Petrify (v. i.) Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate..

Lapidescent :: Lapidescent (n.) Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone..

Petrescent :: Petrescent (a.) Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water..

Petrificate :: Petrificate (v. t.) To petrify.

Lapidescent :: Lapidescent (a.) Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.

Petrify :: Petrify (v. t.) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young..

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