lapidify

verb

la·​pid·​i·​fy

lapidified; lapidified; lapidifying; lapidifies

archaic

: to convert into stone or stony material : petrify

Word History

Etymology

French lapidifier, from Medieval Latin lapidificare, from Latin lapidi- (from lapid-, lapis) + -ficare -fy

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