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Webster 1913 Edition


Petrific

Pe-trif′ic

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
pétrifique
.]
Petrifying; petrifactive.
Death with his mace
petrific
, cold and dry.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Petrific

PETRIF'IC

,
Adj.
Having power to convert into stone.
The cold, dry, petrific mace of a false and unfeeling philosophy.