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Definition of Petrifies
1. petrify [v] - See also: petrify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petrifies
Literary usage of Petrifies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Three Things that Abide: Faith; Hope; Love: I Cor. XIII, 13 by William Tennant Gairdner (1903)
"It petrifies the feeling, it hardens all within.' Experto crede ; here you have,
at least, the living, perfectly genuine testimony of Robert Burns. ..."
2. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1907)
"... j 'en ai trouve les intestins petrifies ' petrifies' n'est pas le mot. non,
je les ai trouves en 1'etat oil ils devaient se trouver au moment de la mort ..."
3. The History of Ireland, Ancient and Modern by [James] MacGeoghegan (1844)
"M. de Buffon mentions that " a lake is said to be in Iceland, which petrifies."!f "
The lake Neagh in Ireland," continues he, " possesses the same quality ..."
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