stonify

stonify

English

Etymology

    From stone + -ify.

    Verb

    stonify (third-person singular simple present stonifies, present participle stonifying, simple past and past participle stonified)

    1. (obsolete) To petrify (as a mineral, to harden).
    2. (ambitransitive, dated) To become stone, to turn to stone; to cause (something or someone) to become stone, to turn (something) to stone.
    3. (rare) To immobilize.

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