Word
Petrify
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
pet-ri-fy
Definition
- v. t. - To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into
stone or stony substance.
- v. t. - To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze;
to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young.
- v. i. - To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic
matter by calcareous deposits.
- v. i. - Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
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