From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
petrified \petrified\ adj.
1. Converted into stone.
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2. Converted into a mineral; as, petrified wood.
Syn: mineralized.
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3. Same as {terrified}; as, petrified by the sight of the
approaching bear.
Syn: panicky, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified,
frightened.
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4. rendered unable to act due to intense fear. petrified with
fear
Syn: frozen.
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5. Rendered lifeless or inactive; as, an imagination
petrified by habitual television viewing.
Syn: frozen; ossified.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Petrify \Pet"ri*fy\ (p[e^]t"r[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Petrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Petrifying}.] [L. petra rock,
Gr. pe`tra (akin to pe`tros a stone) + -fy: cf. F.
p['e]trifier. Cf. {Parrot}, {Petrel}, {Pier}.]
1. To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone
or stony substance; as, petrified wood.
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A river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves.
--Kirwan.
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2. To make callous or obdurate; to transform, as by
petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young. "Petrifying
accuracy." --Sir W. Scott.
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And petrify a genius to a dunce. --Pope.
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A hideous fatalism, which ought, logically, to
petrify your volition. --G. Eliot.
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3. To paralyze, especially with fear; to stupefy; as, she was
petrified by the sight of the bear in her tent.
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The poor, petrified journeyman, quite unconscious of
what he was doing. --De Quincey.
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