petrify
transitive verbTo convert (wood or other organic matter) into a stony replica by petrifaction.
transitive verbTo cause to lose vitality or become impervious to change; deaden.
transitive verbTo stun or paralyze with terror; daze.
To convert into stone or a stony substance; change into stone.
To make hard as stone; render hard or callous: as, to
To paralyze or stupefy as with fear or amazement: as, to
To become stone or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by means of calcareous or other deposits in its cavities; hence, to change into lifeless hardness or rigidity.
intransitive verbTo become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
intransitive verbFig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
transitive verbTo convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.