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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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Dictionary Results for petrified:

1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

petrified \petrified\ adj.
   1. Converted into stone.
      [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

   2. Converted into a mineral; as, petrified wood.

   Syn: mineralized.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. Same as terrified; as, petrified by the sight of the
      approaching bear.

   Syn: panicky, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified,
        frightened.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   4. rendered unable to act due to intense fear. petrified with
      fear

   Syn: frozen.
        [PJC]

   5. Rendered lifeless or inactive; as, an imagination
      petrified by habitual television viewing.

   Syn: frozen; ossified.
        [PJC]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Petrify \Pet"ri*fy\ (p[e^]t"r[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Petrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Petrifying.] [L. petra rock,
   Gr. pe`tra (akin to pe`tros a stone) + -fy: cf. F.
   p['e]trifier. Cf. Parrot, Petrel, Pier.]
   1. To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone
      or stony substance; as, petrified wood.
      [1913 Webster]

            A river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves.
                                                  --Kirwan.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To make callous or obdurate; to transform, as by
      petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young. "Petrifying
      accuracy." --Sir W. Scott.
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            And petrify a genius to a dunce.      --Pope.
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            A hideous fatalism, which ought, logically, to
            petrify your volition.                --G. Eliot.
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   3. To paralyze, especially with fear; to stupefy; as, she was
      petrified by the sight of the bear in her tent.
      [PJC]

            The poor, petrified journeyman, quite unconscious of
            what he was doing.                    --De Quincey.
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