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"Petrify" Definition

verb-intransitive

To become stony, especially by petrifaction.

verb-transitive

To cause to become stiff or stonelike; deaden.
To convert (wood or other organic matter) into a stony replica by petrifaction.
To stun or paralyze with terror; daze.

verb

To convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter.
to make rigid or inert like stone.
To make lifeless or inactive.
To confound with fear, amazement, or awe.
To become stone or of stony hardness or rigidity.

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