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petrify

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ/Part of speech verbSorted efiprtyStarts with PEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright

Word origin

From Middle French pétrifier, from Medieval Latin petrificāre, from Latin petra (“rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”) + -ficāre, from facere (“do, make”), equivalent to petro- + -ify.

Used in a sentence

  • a river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves
  • Like Niobe we marble grow, / And petrify with grief.
  • petrify a genius to a dunce

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