Definition of Lapidify

1. Verb. Change into stone. "The wood petrified with time"

Exact synonyms: Petrify
Generic synonyms: Fossilise, Fossilize
Derivative terms: Petrifaction, Petrifaction, Petrification

Definition of Lapidify

1. v. t. To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.

2. v. i. To become stone or stony.

Definition of Lapidify

1. Verb. To become stone or stony. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lapidify

1. to turn to stone [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lapidify

lapidated
lapidates
lapidating
lapidation
lapidations
lapidator
lapideous
lapides
lapidescence
lapidescences
lapidescent
lapidification
lapidifications
lapidified
lapidifies
lapidify (current term)
lapidifying
lapidist
lapidists
lapieite
lapilli
lapillus
lapin
lapinised
lapinization
lapins
lapis
lapis lazuli
lapises
lapje

Literary usage of Lapidify

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1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... favorite, fond, cosset, cockney (obs. or rare; Eng.), darling. pet, n. fit, huff, tiff, peeve (colloq. or slang). petrify, vt lapidify (rare), ..."

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