To produce rigidity akin to stone.
To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.
To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
To immobilize with fright.
To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
To convert into glass or a glass-like substance by heat and fusion.
To be converted into glass, especially through heat.