petrifactive

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpɛtɹɪˈfæktɪv/

Adjective

petrifactive (not comparable)

  1. Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.
  2. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.
    petrifactive changes
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, “Of Unicorns Horn”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: , 2nd edition, London: A Miller, for Edw Dod and Nath Ekins, , →OCLC, 3rd book, page 137:
      Hereof in ſubterraneous cavities, and under the earth there are many [objects resembling unicorns' horns] to be found in ſeverall parts of Germany; which are but the Lapideſcencies and petrifactive mutations of hard bodies; [...]

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