petrify

• Just before entering the town, we followed up the valley of the River Nidd to the so-called "dripping well," whose waters, heavily charged with limestone, drip from the cliffs above and "petrify" various objects in course of time by covering them with a stonelike surface. —  British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland
• I didn't possess the capacity to petrify, which is absolutely indispensable in an academic man. —  Atlantis
• It is the tendency of all symbols to petrify or evaporate, and either process is fatal to them. —  Christian Mysticism
• If to petrify is success all one has to do is to humour the lazy side of the mind but if to grow is success, then one must wake up anew every morning and keep awake all day. —  My Life and Work
• She knows That reminds me," said Lajeunesse gloomily, "Elise has the black fever The mealman's face seemed to petrify, his eyes stood out, the bread he had in his teeth dropped, and he stared wildly at Lajeunesse. —  The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker

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