lapidescent Meaning, Definition & Usage

Lap`i*des"cent adjective
Etymology
L. lapidescens, p. pr. of lapidescere to become stone, fr. lapis, -idis, stone: cf. F. lapidescent.
Definitions
  1. Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.
Lap"i*des"cent noun
Definitions
  1. Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.

Webster 1913