Lapidescent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lapidescent \Lap`i*des"cent\, a. [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.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lapidescent \Lap"i*des"cent\, n.
     Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other
     bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.
     [1913 Webster] Lapidific