- (v.t.) To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.
- (v.i.) To become stone or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
- (v.t.) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young.
- (v.i.) Fig.: To become stony, callous or obdurate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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