Pictures from Google Image Search

petrify

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

petrify convert into stone XVI; deprive of movement or feeling XVII. — F. pétrifier, f. L. petra rock — Gr. pétrā; see -FY.
Hence petrifaction XVII.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

  • MLA
  • Chicago
  • APA

T. F. HOAD. "petrify." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 20 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

T. F. HOAD. "petrify." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (December 20, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-petrify.html

T. F. HOAD. "petrify." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved December 20, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-petrify.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

WIND RIVER SYSTEMS REPORTS DISPOSITION BY DIRECTOR OGRADY (California)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/15/2009; 315 words ; ...the change in the beneficial interest held by Director Standish Ogrady, Alameda. On July 10 the action involved disposition of 40,000 shares of stock. Ogrady now owns 0 shares of stock indirectly.For more information...
Research and Markets: Read about Recent Developments in Internet Law and Electronic Commerce Today - Start-Up & Emerging Companies.
Business Wire; 5/8/2006; 700+ words ; ...Considerations of Raising Capital Bruce E. Johnson Chapter 6 An Overview of Venture Capital Daniel H. Case III and Standish H. OGrady Chapter 7 The Venture Financing Process Alan E. Salzman and L. John Doerr Chapter 8 Venture Capital Analysis and...
Read about Recent Developments in Internet Law and Electronic Commerce Today - Start-Up & Emerging Companies.
Business Wire; 5/5/2006; 700+ words ; ...Considerations of Raising Capital Bruce E. Johnson Chapter 6 An Overview of Venture Capital Daniel H. Case III and Standish H. OGrady Chapter 7 The Venture Financing Process Alan E. Salzman and L. John Doerr Chapter 8 Venture Capital Analysis and...
Read about recent developments in Internet law and electronic commerce today - Start-Up & Emerging Companies.
M2 Presswire; 5/4/2006; 700+ words ; ...Considerations of Raising Capital Bruce E. Johnson Chapter 6 An Overview of Venture Capital Daniel H. Case III and Standish H. OGrady Chapter 7 The Venture Financing Process Alan E. Salzman and L. John Doerr Chapter 8 Venture Capital Analysis and...
Our flying heroes; Mick Mannock: Shot down 73 planes before dying in action.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/16/2008; 700+ words ; ...Donnybrook, Dublin, he shot down 47 enemy aircraft in 40 weeks before hemet the same fate as Mannock. Captain Standish Con OGrady, a friend of W.B. Yeats who wrote the poem An IrishAirman Foresees His Death, joined up in September 1916 and...
MOOSE LOTTERY RESIDENT BULLS-ONLY PERMITS O-R
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 6/17/2004; 700+ words ; ...September, 18; Oeser, Charles B, South Berwic, September, 6; Ogrady, Brian J, Hiram, October, 28; Okresik, Daryl B, Dedham...Pike, Johnny A, Princeton, October, 8; Pike, Ken T, Standish, October, 3; Pike, Marie E, Lewiston, October, 3; Pike...
MOOSE LOTTERY RESIDENT BULLS-ONLY PERMITS O-R [Corrected 06/19/04]
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 6/17/2004; 700+ words ; ...September, 18; Oeser, Charles B, South Berwic, September, 6; Ogrady, Brian J, Hiram, October, 28; Okresik, Daryl B, Dedham...Pike, Johnny A, Princeton, October, 8; Pike, Ken T, Standish, October, 3; Pike, Marie E, Lewiston, October, 3; Pike...

Find thousands of answers for hundreds of subjects at Smart QandA .

All answers verified by trusted sources at Encyclopedia.com

Try Smart QandA now!

For students and teachers!

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: