Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make stony; petrify.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
petrify (as a mineral, to harden). - verb dated To become
stone , to turn to stone. - verb rare To
immobilize .
Etymologies
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stone + -ify
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Examples
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No doubt if I died on deck my body would be frozen as stiff as the figure on the rocks; but, though it was very conceivable that I might perish of cold in the cabin by sitting still, I was sure the temperature below had not the severity to stonify me to the granite of the men at the table.
The Frozen Pirate 1877
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Meanwhile, let him not believe that his big looking title can, like Gorgon’s head, blockify or stonify rational men, so as they shall not perceive the want or weakness of argument.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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