verb
To harden
mineralize, clarify, solidify; see harden 2.
To frighten
startle, alarm, astonish; see frighten 1.
See petrify in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To make or become physically hard:
To render helpless, as by emotion:
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