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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.
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See also

petricolous petrifactive petrifiable petrific petrificant petrificated

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