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Webster 1913 Edition


Inlapidate

In-lap′i-date

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
in-
in + L.
lapis
,
lapidis
, stone.]
To convert into a stony substance; to petrify.
[R.]
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inlapidate

INLAP'IDATE

,
Verb.
T.
[in and lapido, lapis, a stone.]
To convert into a stony substance; to petrify. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


inlapidate

inlapidate

English

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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)