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Italian
Etymology
From im- + pietra + -ire.
Verb
impietrìre (first-person singular present impietrìsco, first-person singular past historic impietrìi, past participle impietrìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive, also figurative) to petrify
- (transitive, figurative) to numb, to harden (e.g. one's heart)
- (intransitive) to turn to stone
- (intransitive, figurative) to become stunned
- (intransitive, figurative) to become numb
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Further reading
- impietrire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana