PETRIFY
\pˈɛtɹɪfˌa͡ɪ], \pˈɛtɹɪfˌaɪ], \p_ˈɛ_t_ɹ_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]\
Definitions of PETRIFY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
By Princeton University
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cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young.
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To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
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Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
By Oddity Software
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To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young.
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To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
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Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
By Noah Webster.
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To change into stone; fix in silent amazement or fear; as, to be petrified at the approach of danger.
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Petrified.
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Petrifying.
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To become stone or of a stony hardness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
