Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To have a paralyzing or stupefying effect on.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To affect as a Gorgon; turn into stone; petrify. Also spelled
gorgonise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
stupefy ,paralyze orpetrify
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The entries are a mix of the everyday, such as honeymoon and fury, and ones you probably don't think about, such as portmanteau and gorgonize.
pavonine commented on the word gorgonize
To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to
petrify. R.
June 7, 2008