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inlapidate

/ɪnˈlæ.pɪ.deɪt/

inlapidate verb: to convert into a stony substance; to petrify.

Verb

inlapidate (third-person singular simple present inlapidates, present participle inlapidating, simple past and past participle inlapidated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To convert into a stony substance; to petrify.
    • It is already found, that there are ſome Naturall Spring-waters, that will Inlapidate Wood; So that you ſhall ſee one peece of Wood, whereof the Part aboue the Water ſhall continue Wood; And the Part vnder the Water ſhall be turned into a kinde of Grauelly Stone.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century. [Experiments in Consort, touching Induration of Bodies.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […]...
    • 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 murderings^([sic]) its inhabitants, one day call their partners and confederates by this name, and the...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....

Forms of inlapidate

third-person singular presentinlapidates
present participleinlapidating
past participleinlapidated
pastinlapidated

Origin of inlapidate

From in- (“in”) + Latin lapis, lapidis (“stone”).

Questions about inlapidate

What does inlapidate mean?
Inlapidate means to convert into a stony substance; to petrify.
What part of speech is inlapidate?
Inlapidate is a verb.
How do you pronounce inlapidate?
Inlapidate is pronounced /ɪnˈlæ.pɪ.deɪt/.
What is the past tense of inlapidate?
The past tense of inlapidate is inlapidated.

Words near inlapidate in the dictionary

  1. inlandish
  2. inlandness
  3. inlands
  4. inlane
  5. inlanes
  6. inlapidate
  7. inlapidated
  8. inlapidates
  9. inlapidating
  10. inlard
  11. inlarded

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