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lapidesco — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • petrify verb To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.

Senses

lapidesco is used for these senses in English:

  • petrify (intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.

petrify — full definition

  1. verb To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
  2. verb To produce rigidity akin to stone.
  3. verb To immobilize with fright.
  4. verb To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.