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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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Derived Forms
- ˌ辱徱ھˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ··徱· [lap-i-, dif, -ik], i·徱i· adjective
- ·辱i·ھ·tDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ 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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