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LAPIDIFY (lapidified)
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Irregular inflected form: lapidified
Dictionary entry overview: What does lapidify mean?
• LAPIDIFY (verb)
The verb LAPIDIFY has 1 sense:
1. change into stone
Familiarity information: LAPIDIFY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change into stone
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
lapidify; petrify
Context example:
the wood petrified with time
Hypernyms (to "lapidify" is one way to...):
fossilise; fossilize (convert to a fossil)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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