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petrify in English
- petrify⇄petrify, verb, -fied,-fying.
- petrify⇄v.i. 1. to become stone or a substance like stone.
Ex. Cement like that of the Ancients, which petrified (Alexander Gordon).
2. (Figurative:)
Ex. Like Niobe we marble grow, and petrify with grief (John Dryden).
(SYN) harden. - petrify⇄v.t. 1. to turn into stone; change (plant or animal matter) into a substance like stone.
Ex. There is a petrified forest in Arizona.
2. (Figurative:)
Ex. I don't learn much from our senators ... Policy seems to petrify their minds (Geo