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Grammar : Noun

Spell : pe-truh-fak-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɛ trəˈfæk ʃən

Definition of petrifaction

Origin : early 15c., "action or process of hardening," from petrify on model of satisfaction, etc.

As in stupor : noun daze, unconsciousness
As in trance : noun hypnotic state
As in fossil : noun organic remains of a previous time

Example sentences :

I stood there like a petrifaction—looking after him, vacant and motionless.
Extract from : « Peter Schlemihl » by Adelbert von Chamisso

As for Rollin, he became, and remained for some time, a petrifaction of amazement.
Extract from : « The Red Man's Revenge » by R.M. Ballantyne

Something like a petrifaction of her wildest face was shown.
Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith

Petrifaction awaits all these glowing metaphors of early time.
Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway

A petrifaction of a fish's head, for old United States coins.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, May 17, 1881 » by Various

The petrifaction of Karaism is illustrated by an event in European Turkey.
Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. IV (of VI) » by Heinrich Graetz

I know cases of petrifaction like that—and God preserve anyone that I love from it!
Extract from : « Three Dramas » by Bjrnstjerne M. Bjrnson

Zoolithus, the petrifaction of an animal of the class Mammalia.
Extract from : « Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus » by William MacGillivray

For a moment Lawrence stood silent and cold in a petrifaction of anger.
Extract from : « The Portal of Dreams » by Charles Neville Buck

Perhaps the process might be more aptly called one of petrifaction.
Extract from : « Mercy Philbrick's Choice » by Helen Hunt Jackson

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