Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lapidify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: la-pid-i-fy
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become stone or stony.

Intransitive verb

verb

To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.

Transitive verb

verb

To cause to become permanent; to solidify.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The rule of the Abang, in an age when the techniques existed to lapidify any rule to permanency, was, because of the very rise of a party, doomed."

Etymology

From Latin lapid- (“stone”) + -ify.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: lapis
Suffix: ify

Usage

Inflected Forms

lapidifies (present, singular) lapidifying (participle, present) lapidified (participle, past) lapidified (past)

Frequently Paired Words

lapidification

Synonyms

petrify

Questions

What does lapidify mean?: To become stone or stony.
Where does lapidify come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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