Petrification

Sofia Cruz

Definition

Noun.

The process of petrifying

Petrify

Verb.

• To become stone or of stony hardness or rigidity 

• To confound with fear, amazement, or awe 

(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

Pronunciation

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Sample Sentences

"I thought about what Medusa had said: I was being used by the gods. What lay ahead of me was worse than petrification." (Percy Jackson, p. 192)

"The dead tree petrified into stone." (Merriam Webster)

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Etymology

petrify (v.) 1590s, "convert into stone or stony substance," from French pétrifier "to make or become stone" (16c.), from Latin petra "rock, crag" (see petrous) + -ficare, combining form of facere "to make, do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Intransitive sense of "to become stone" is from 1640s. 

From: https://www.etymonline.com/word/petrification 

Translations

Korean: ~을 석화하다, ~을 경직화하다

Spanish: petrificar

Mandarin Chinese: 使石化，使变成石头

Arabic: يحجّر شخصًا/شيئًا

Polish: petryfikować