stonify

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verb

To petrify (as a mineral, to harden).

OriginProto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English stone →
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Meanings

verbstonify (third-person singular simple present stonifies, present participle stonifying, simple past and past participle stonified)

present singular third person stonifies · participle present stonifying · participle past stonified · past stonified

  1. obsoleteTo petrify (as a mineral, to harden).
  2. ambitransitivedatedTo become stone, to turn to stone; to cause (something or someone) to become stone, to turn (something) to stone.
  3. rareTo immobilize.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*steyh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*stóyh₂nos
  4. Proto-Germanic*stainaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*stain
  6. Old Englishstān
  7. Middle Englishston
  8. Englishstone
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. Proto-Italic*θakos
  11. Englishstonify

From stone + -ify.

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APA

stonify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonify

MLA

“stonify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stonify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonify.

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