petrifactive (petrifaktiv)

[ +-ive.] 1. to petrifaction. Sir T. Browne.-2. Having power to petrify or to convert vegetable or animal substances into stone. pet rif i able (pet'ri-fi-a-bl), a. [ petrific (pē-trif'ik), a. [= Sp. petrífico = Pg. It. petrifico, 4427 The aggregated soil Death with his mace petrific , cold and dry, As with a trident, smote, and fix'd as firm As Delos, floating once. Milton , P. L., x. 294. Not the wing'd Perseus, with Petrifick Shield Of Gorgon's Head, to more Amazement charm'd his Foe. Congreve , On the Taking of Namure.