"lapidify" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lapidifies [present, singular, third-person], lapidifying [participle, present], lapidified [participle, past], lapidified [past]
Etymology: Latin lapis (“stone”) + -ify Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|lapis||stone}} Latin lapis (“stone”), {{suffix|en||ify}} + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} lapidify (third-person singular simple present lapidifies, present participle lapidifying, simple past and past participle lapidified)
  1. (intransitive) To become stone or stony. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-lapidify-en-verb-NAdBUV8J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 42 42
  2. (transitive) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lapidify-en-verb-RR4Opqon Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 42 42
  3. (transitive) To cause to become permanent; to solidify. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lapidify-en-verb-O~3-Fpim Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 42 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 25 24 51

Inflected forms

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