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Meaning of LAPIDIFY

Pronunciation:  lu'pidu`fI

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
 
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 Synonyms: petrify
 
 See Also: fossilise, fossilize

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \La*pid"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lapidified}; p. pr.
    & vb. n. {Lapidifying}.] [Cf. f. lapidifier. See {Lapidific},
    and {-fy}.]
    To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.
    
  2. \La*pid"i*fy\, v. i.
    To become stone or stony.
    
 

 

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