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stonifying

stonifying is the present participle and gerund of stonify.

Meaning of stonify

Verb

stonify (third-person singular simple present stonifies, present participle stonifying, simple past and past participle stonified)

  1. (obsolete) To petrify (as a mineral, to harden).
  2. (ambitransitive, dated) To become stone, to turn to stone; to cause (something or someone) to become stone, to turn (something) to stone.
  3. (rare) To immobilize.

Questions about stonifying

What is stonifying the present participle and gerund of?
Stonifying is the present participle and gerund of stonify.

Words near stonifying in the dictionary

  1. stonier
  2. stoniest
  3. stonified
  4. stonifies
  5. stonify
  6. stonifying
  7. stonily
  8. stoniness
  9. stoninesses
  10. stoning
  11. stonings

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