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Definition of Petrific
1. a. Petrifying; petrifactive.
Definition of Petrific
1. Adjective. petrifying; petrifactive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Petrific
1. petrifying [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petrific
Literary usage of Petrific
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Venice Under the Yoke of France and of Austria: With Memoirs of the Courts by Lady of rank (1824)
"Reflections on Architecture generally Its Origin The Grecian Style Palmyra The
Egyptian Column Necessity of a petrific Standard of Antiquity St. ..."
2. Lectures on Shakespeare by Henry Norman Hudson (1848)
"The Furies are petrific to the senses, and pour all their terror at once upon
the eye; the Weird Sisters, almost ludicrous to the sight, ..."
3. Handbook of Rhetorical Analysis: Studies in Style and Invention. Designed to by John Franklin Genung (1895)
"petrific, — derive this word, and show its adaptedness to the idea. —59.
Condescend to, — what more is suggested than if De Quincey had said describe or ..."
4. Handbook of Rhetorical Analysis.: Studies in Style and Invention. Designed by John Franklin Genung (1893)
"petrific, — derive this word, and show its adaptedness to the idea. — 59.
Condescend to, — what more is suggested than if De Quincey had said describe or ..."
5. Modern English by Fitzedward Hall (1873)
"Here, " most petrific " is simply ' most petrified' ; and petrifaction, with Mr.
De Quincey, is a thing that admits of degrees. And then there is, ..."
6. Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and by William Swinton (1894)
"See petrific. tion. Used by Milton to signify state, condition, without any
reference to danger — its usual modern meaning. poetry, Lat. poeta, ..."
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