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Meaning of petrescent | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

/pɛˈtɹɛsənt/

Definitions

Petrifying; converting into stone.

archaic, not-comparable

Examples

“in the solid substance of the stone; […]this compact and ponderous body was made stony, by the supervention of some petrescent liquor upon porous earth”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

petricolous petrifactive petrifiable petrific petrificant petrificated