Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To convert into a stony substance; petrify.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To convert into a stony substance; to petrify.

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  • verb archaic, transitive To convert into a stony substance; to petrify.

Etymologies

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in- in + Latin lapis, lapidis, stone.

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