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Definition petrify

Etymology

From Middle French pétrifier, from Medieval Latin petrificare, from Latin petra (“rock”) + -ficare from facere (“do, make”).

Verb

petrify (third-person singular simple present petrifies, present participle petrifying, simple past and past participle petrified)

1. To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
2. To produce rigidity akin to stone.
3. To immobilize with fright.
4. (intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
5. (intransitive, figuratively) To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
6. (transitive, figuratively) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.

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