"stonify" meaning in English

See stonify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: stonifies [present, singular, third-person], stonifying [participle, present], stonified [participle, past], stonified [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stoyh₂nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English stonify From stone + -ify. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|stone|-ify|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stoyh₂nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English stonify [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*stainaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*stain", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "stān", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "ston", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "stone", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "-ificāre", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-i-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "connecting vowel" }, { "gloss" : "-ify", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-fakāō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ficō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ificō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ifier", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ifien", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ify", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "stonify", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="stonify"> From stone + -ify. Head templates: {{en-verb}} stonify (third-person singular simple present stonifies, present participle stonifying, simple past and past participle stonified)
  1. (obsolete) To petrify (as a mineral, to harden). Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-stonify-en-verb-EMbJI8zm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 36 25
  2. (ambitransitive, dated) To become stone, to turn to stone; to cause (something or someone) to become stone, to turn (something) to stone. Tags: ambitransitive, dated
    Sense id: en-stonify-en-verb-GEbkP645 Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -ify, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 34 43 23 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 34 43 23 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 36 25 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 10 81 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 24 54 22 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 24 48 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 63 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 67 18 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 22 57 21
  3. (rare) To immobilize. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-stonify-en-verb-1ec2dh~m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 36 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: stone [verb], stonily, freeze [verb]

Inflected forms

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