"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: From stone + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stone|ify}} 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: 41 34 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 incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -ify, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 34 25 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 10 81 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 25 47 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 63 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 67 18
  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: 41 34 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: stone [verb], stonily, freeze [verb]

Inflected forms

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