lapidifying

Variant of lapidify

lapidify definition

la·pidi·fy (lə pid′ə fī′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb lapidified -·fied′, lapidifying -·fy′·ing

Rare to turn into stone

Etymology: Fr lapidifier < ML lapidificare < L lapis (gen. lapidis), a stone + facere, to make: see do

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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