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   petrify

   /ˈpɛtrɪfʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.
   • 2. make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move: "his icy controlled quietness petrified her"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French pétrifier, from medieval Latin petrificare, from Latin petra ‘rock’, from Greek.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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