petrify

Betekenis (Engels)

To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
To produce rigidity akin to stone.
To immobilize with fright.
To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.

verstenen

fossiliseren

turn to stone

make hard

turn into stone

become rigid

be dumbfounded

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ/

From Middle French pétrifier, from Medieval Latin petrificāre, from Latin petra (“rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”) + -ficāre, from facere (“do, make”), equivalent to petro- + -ify.

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