What is fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate. Like Niobe we marble grow, And petrify with grief. Dryden called?
petrify — Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate. Like Niobe we marble grow, And petrify with grief. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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