transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpe-trə-ˌfī ]
verb
( -fied ; -fy·ing )
Etymology: Middle French petrifier, from petr- + -ifier -ify
Date: 1594
transitive verb
1. : to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
2. : to make rigid or inert like stone:
a. : to make lifeless or inactive : deaden
slogans are apt to petrify a man's thinking — Saturday Review
b. : to confound with fear, amazement, or awe
a novel about an airline pilot that will petrify you — Martin Levin
intransitive verb
: to become stone or of stony hardness or rigidity