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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

lapidescens

, p. pr. of

lapidescere

to become stone, fr.

lapis

-idis

, stone: cf. F.

lapidescent

Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.

Noun.

Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.

Adj.

Growing or turning to stone; that has the quality of petrifying bodies.

Noun.

Any substance which has the quality of petrifying a body, or converting it to stone.