lapidescent

& s. [Lat. lapides cens, pr. par. of lapidesco =to become stone; from lapis (gen it. lapidis )=a stone.] A. As adjective : 1. Becoming or turning into stone; becoming pet rified. 2. Having the quality or power of converting into stone. B. As subst.: Any substance which has the quality or power of converting other substances into stone. lap-Id-If-ic, *lăp-Id-if-Ick, lap-id-If-ic-al, adj . [Lat. lapis (gen it. lapidis ) = a stone, and facio =to make; Fr.lapidifique .] Forming or converting into stone; petrifying. la-pid-i-fi-ca-tion, s . [Fr., from Lat. lapis (gen it. lapidis ) = a stone, and facio =to make.] 1. The act or proce of converting into stone; petrifaction. 2. The state of becoming petrified or converted into stone. *la-pid-i-fỹ, v. t. & i. [Latin lapis (gen it, lapidis )=a stone; suff. -fy.] A. Trans.: To form or convert into stone; to petrify. B. In trans.: To become formed or converted into stone; to become petrified. pine, pit, sïre, sir, marine; æ, gō, pot, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia lapidifying *lapidifying-juice, s . Geol.: A name given in the infancy of geology to an agency imagined to be the agent in the proce of petrifaction or fo ilization.