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lapidify
[luh-pid-uh-fahy]
verb (used with or without object)
Archaic.
lapidified, lapidifying
to turn into stone.
lapidify
/ əˈɪɪˌڲɪ /
verb
to change into stone
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Other Word Forms
- lapidific adjective
- lapidifical adjective
- lapidification noun
- ˌ辱徱ھˈپDz noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lapidify1
C17: from French lapidifier, from Medieval Latin 辱徱ھ, ultimately from Latin lapis stone
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Then, sapphire represents the lofty aspirations of the soul, chalcedony charity, sard and onyx candor, beryl allegorizes theological science, hyacinthe humility, while the ruby appeases wrath, and emerald 'lapidifies' incorruptible faith.
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Yet when the whole is lapidified, it may not form one homogeneous mass of stone or metal.
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