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inlapidates

inlapidates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of inlapidate.

Meaning of inlapidate

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: […]...

Questions about inlapidates

What is inlapidates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Inlapidates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of inlapidate.

Words near inlapidates in the dictionary

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

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