Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to petrify
Participle: petrified
Gerund: petrifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | petrify |
| you | petrify |
| he;she;it | petrifies |
| we | petrify |
| you | petrify |
| they | petrify |
Perfect
| I | have petrified |
| you | have petrified |
| he;she;it | has petrified |
| we | have petrified |
| you | have petrified |
| they | have petrified |
Past
| I | petrified |
| you | petrified |
| he;she;it | petrified |
| we | petrified |
| you | petrified |
| they | petrified |
Pluperfect
| I | had petrified |
| you | had petrified |
| he;she;it | had petrified |
| we | had petrified |
| you | had petrified |
| they | had petrified |
Future
| I | will petrify |
| you | will petrify |
| he;she;it | will petrify |
| we | will petrify |
| you | will petrify |
| they | will petrify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have petrified |
| you | will have petrified |
| he;she;it | will have petrified |
| we | will have petrified |
| you | will have petrified |
| they | will have petrified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | petrify |
| you | petrify |
| he;she;it | petrify |
| we | petrify |
| you | petrify |
| they | petrify |
Perfect
| I | have petrified |
| you | have petrified |
| he;she;it | have petrified |
| we | have petrified |
| you | have petrified |
| they | have petrified |
Imperfect
| I | petrified |
| you | petrified |
| he;she;it | petrified |
| we | petrified |
| you | petrified |
| they | petrified |
Pluperfect
| I | had petrified |
| you | had petrified |
| he;she;it | had petrified |
| we | had petrified |
| you | had petrified |
| they | had petrified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would petrify |
| you | would petrify |
| he;she;it | would petrify |
| we | would petrify |
| you | would petrify |
| they | would petrify |
Perfect
| I | would have petrified |
| you | would have petrified |
| he;she;it | would have petrified |
| we | would have petrified |
| you | would have petrified |
| they | would have petrified |
Imperative
| you | petrify |
| we | Let's petrify |
| you | petrify |
Verbs conjugated like 'petrify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'petrify'
metrify,
putrify,
aerify,
ethify,
gentrify,
negrify,
netify,
nitrify,
nutrify,
peacify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To immobilize with fright.
- frighten
- ossify
- harden, mineralize, solidify, clarify, fossilize, strengthen, stiffen, crystallize
- frighten
- scare, terrify, alarm, startle, astonish, paralyze, benumb
Antonyms
- frighten
- embolden, encourage, hearten, comfort
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1594, from M.Fr.
pétrifier "to make or become stone," from L.
petra "rock" +
-ficare, from
facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Metaphoric sense of "paralyze with fear or shock" first recorded 1771.
2. From Middle French pétrifier, from Medieval Latin petrificāre, from Latin petra (“rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”) + -ficāre, from facere (“do, make”), equivalent to petro- + -ify. See: Middle French '
pétrifier'.
Sample Sentences
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a river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves [1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays:]
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Like Niobe we marble grow, / And petrify with grief. [1685, John Dryden, Threnodia Augustalis:]
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Hopes, feelings, and passion, petrify one after another; the crust of experience soon hardens over the hidden past; and who, looking on the levelled and subdued exterior, could dream of the wreck and ravage that lies below? [1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Result”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 233:]
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petrify a genius to a dunce [1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:]
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A hideous fatalism, which ought, logically, to petrify your volition. [1874, George Eliot, letter to Mrs. Ponsonby:]