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transitive. To convert into stone or a stony substance; spec. to turn (an organic body) into a stony concretion by gradually replacing its…
transitive. To make stony, or turn into stone; to petrify. Also intransitive.
transitive. To convert into stone, petrify.
transitive. To make or turn into stone.
transitive. To form into stone.