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inlapidating

inlapidating is the present participle and gerund 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 inlapidating

What is inlapidating the present participle and gerund of?
Inlapidating is the present participle and gerund of inlapidate.

Words near inlapidating in the dictionary

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

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