Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To convert into stone: more commonly petrify.
- To become converted into stone.
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- verb To turn
sediment into solid rock
Etymologies
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Examples
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Re “The crinoid would have to be buried in a marine environment; the sediment would have to lithify and turn to chert SiO2; then be weathered and a chert fragment swallowed by a dinosaur; …”
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Immediately, she began to roam, examining the stalactites that hung from the ceiling, still forming, still dripping with water, each drop leaving a minute quantity of calcium which would harden and lithify, gradually growing the inverted steeple of mineral deposits longer and longer.
Mosaic Jeri Taylor 1996
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Immediately, she began to roam, examining the stalactites that hung from the ceiling, still forming, still dripping with water, each drop leaving a minute quantity of calcium which would harden and lithify, gradually growing the inverted steeple of mineral deposits longer and longer.
Star Trek Voyager Mosaic Jeri Taylor 1996
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Immediately, she began to roam, examining the stalactites that hung from the ceiling, still forming, still dripping with water, each drop leaving a minute quantity of calcium which would harden and lithify, gradually growing the inverted steeple of mineral deposits longer and longer.
Star Trek Voyager Mosaic Jeri Taylor 1996
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(Editor's note, this title is inspired in part by Paul Graham's essay, lithify. me for being excited to join forces with a couple of determined designers!)
Carsonified » Blog 2010
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(Editor's note, this title is inspired in part by Paul Graham's essay, lithify. me for being excited to join forces with a couple of determined designers!)
Carsonified » Blog 2010
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The crinoid would have to be buried in a marine environment; the sediment would have to lithify and turn to chert SiO2; then be weathered and a chert fragment swallowed by a dinosaur; and then the hard chert had to be rounded and polished in the dinosaur’s digestive system.
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