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Verb
Image:Petrified tree Kirstenbosch.jpg|thumb|petrified tree Kirstenbosch Cape Town
petrify

1. to harden organic matter by permeate|permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals
2. to produce rigidness akin to stone
3. to immobilize with fright

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