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Phonetics
/ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ/
verb
To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
To produce rigidity akin to stone.
To immobilize with fright.
To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.