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petrify
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[ˈpɛtrɪfʌɪ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move
(e.g: his icy controlled quietness petrified her)
- change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit
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Origin
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late Middle English: from French pétrifier, from medieval Latin petrificare, from Latin petra ‘rock’, from Greek
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