petrify
v.
1590s, from Middle French pétrifier "to make or become stone" (16c.), from Latin petra "rock, crag" (see petrous) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Metaphoric sense of "paralyze with fear or shock" first recorded 1771. Related: Petrified; petrifying.
〔李〕[petr =stone石；-ify ⇒“to cause to be a stone使变成石” →] v. ①turn into a stone使石化
〔蒋〕[petri石，-fy使…化] 使石化