Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LAPIDESCENCE
n.[L. lapidesco, from lapis, a stone. ] 1. The process of becoming stone; a hardening into a stony substance.
2. A stony concretion.
LAPIDESCENT
a.Growing or turning to stone; that has the quality of petrifying bodies.
LAPIDESCENT
n.Any substance which has the quality of petrifying a body, or converting it to stone.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LAPIDESCENCE
LAPIDESCENCE Lap `i *des "cence, n.
1. The state or quality of being lapidescent.
2. A hardening into a stone substance.
3. A stony concretion. Sir T. Browne.
LAPIDESCENT
Lap `i *des "cent, a. Etym: [L. lapidescens, p. pr. of lapidescere to become stone, fr. lapis, -idis, stone: cf. F. lapidescent. ]
Defn: Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.
LAPIDESCENT
LAPIDESCENT Lap "i *des "cent, n.
Defn: Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.
Duden Dictionary
Lapides
La pi des |L a pides …deːs |Plural von Lapis
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