inlapidate
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English
Etymology
From in- (“in”) + Latin lapis, lapidis (“stone”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
inlapidate (third-person singular simple present inlapidates, present participle inlapidating, simple past and past participle inlapidated)
- (archaic, transitive) To convert into a stony substance; to petrify.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:
- It is already found that there are some natural spring waters, that will inlapidate wood; so that you shall see one piece of wood, whereof the part above the water shall continue wood ; and the part under the water shall be turned into a kind of gravelly stone
- 1776, Lubbock Thornley, “Essay on Friendship. Number IV”, in The Lady's Magazine; Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement, volume 7, London: G. Robinson, page 359b:
- Nay, even the banditti of the highway, whose hearts are inlapidated by cruelty, and whose delight is in rapine, plunder, and bloodshed, who show their hatred of the world by defying its laws, and murdering its inhabitants, one day call their partners and confederates by this name, and the next betray them into the hands of justice.
- 1778, Hamilton Walker, Mary Lady, Munster Village, Dublin: Peter Hoey, published 2022 again by DigiCat, page 126:
- Were the devil to become a mortal, he would incline to be comite to the galley-slaves at Marseilles, whose hearts are inlapidated by cruelty.