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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To have a paralyzing or stupefying effect on.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To affect as a Gorgon; turn into stone; petrify. Also spelled gorgonise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify.

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  • verb To stupefy, paralyze or petrify

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  • The entries are a mix of the everyday, such as honeymoon and fury, and ones you probably don't think about, such as portmanteau and gorgonize.

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  • The entries are a mix of the everyday, such as honeymoon and fury, and ones you probably don't think about, such as portmanteau and gorgonize.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • The entries are a mix of the everyday, such as honeymoon and fury, and ones you probably don't think about, such as portmanteau and gorgonize.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • The entries are a mix of the everyday, such as honeymoon and fury, and ones you probably don't think about, such as portmanteau and gorgonize.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

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  • To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to

    petrify. R.

    June 7, 2008