to petrify (turn (someone or something) into stone) · to petrify (harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals) · to petrify (produce rigidity akin to stone)
çekim: geçmiş förstenade · ortaç förstenad · ulaç förstenande
To solidify (to make solid; to convert into a solid body) · To solidify (to convert liquid to solid, usually with substances other than water) · To petrify (to immobilize with fright).
çekim: geçmiş jähmettänyt · şimdiki jähmettäisi · ulaç jähmettävä
Borrowed from Medieval Latin petrificāre (“to petrify”), from the compounding of petra (“stone, rock”) and -ficō, a suffix from faciō (“to make”). The term petra is from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”); further etymology unknown.