inlapidate
To convert into a stony substance; to petrify.
archaic, transitive
It is already found, that there are ſome Naturall Spring-waters, that will Inlapidate Wood; So that you ſhall ſee one peece of Wood, whereof the Part aboue the Water ſhall continue Wood; And the Part vnder the Water ſhall be turned into a kinde of Grauelly Stone.
Where it comes from
From in- (“in”) + Latin lapis, lapidis (“stone”).
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry inlapidate (CC BY-SA 4.0).