2. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.
The . . . petrifactive mutations of hard bodies.
Sir T. Browne.
Pe*trif"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. pÈtrifique.] Petrifying; petrifactive.
Death with his mace petrific, cold and dry.
Milton.
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