LAPIDESCENT
Lap"i*des"cent, n.
Defn: Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.
LAPIDIFIC; LAPIDIFICAL Lap`i*dif"ic, Lap`i*dif"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. lapis, -idis, stone + facere to make: cf. F. lapidifique.]
Defn: Forming or converting into stone.
LAPIDIFICATION
La*pid`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lapidification.]
Defn: The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.
LAPIDIFY
La*pid"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lapidified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lapidifying.] Etym: [Cf. f. lapidifier. See Lapidific, and -fy.]
Defn: To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.
LAPIDIFY
La*pid"i*fy, v. i.
Defn: To become stone or stony