Word Meaning

petrify definition and meaning

v. t. To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.
v. t. To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young.
v. i. To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
v. i. Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate.

Crossword clues for petrify

- Frighten greatly
- Make lifeless
- Turn Into Stone