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petrified

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pet·ri·fy  (ptr-f)
v. pet·ri·fied, pet·ri·fy·ing, pet·ri·fies
v.tr.
1. To convert (wood or other organic matter) into a stony replica by petrifaction.
2. To cause to become stiff or stonelike; deaden.
3. To stun or paralyze with terror; daze.
v.intr.
To become stony, especially by petrifaction.

[Middle English petrifien, to harden, from Old French petrifier : Latin petra, rock (from Greek petr; see per-2 in Indo-European roots) + Old French -fier, -fy.]
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petrified
adjective 1. terrified, horrified, shocked, frozen, stunned, appalled, numb, dazed, speechless, aghast, dumbfounded, stupefied, scared stiff, terror-stricken
adjective 2. fossilized, ossified, rocklike
Translations
petrified [ˈpɛtrɪfaɪd] adj (fig) → pasmado, horrorizado
petrified [ˈpɛtrɪfaɪd] adj (fig) → mort(e) de peur
petrified [ˈpɛtrɪfaɪd] adj (fig) (= terrified); starr vor Angst
petrified [ˈpɛtrɪfaɪd] adj (fig) → morto/a di paura


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He said the most of Sir Dinadan's jokes were rotten and the rest were petrified.
In bony, ribby regions of the earth, where at the base of high broken cliffs masses of rock lie strewn in fantastic groupings upon the plain, you will often discover images as of the petrified forms of the Leviathan partly merged in grass, which of a windy day breaks against them in a surf of green surges.
Why, I felt petrified with astonishment--although, in view of the fact that you had failed me for four days, I had been expecting some such extraordinary occurrence.
 
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