Petrify

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.

Compare petrify with other words:

metrify vs. petrify

petrify vs. putrify

harden vs. petrify

petrify vs. stun

petrify vs. stone

fossilate vs. petrify

lapidify vs. petrify

lithify vs. petrify

afraid vs. petrify

petrify vs. terrify

fearful vs. petrify

ossify vs. petrify

gorgonize vs. petrify

mineralize vs. petrify

petrify vs. terrorise

petrify vs. terrorize

petrifaction vs. petrify

obdurate vs. petrify

callous vs. petrify

immobilize vs. petrify

fright vs. petrify

mineral vs. petrify

organic vs. petrify