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Lithify

//ˈlɪθɪfaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To turn sediment into solid rock

    "Shale is fine-grained rock made of silt or wet mud that has been lithified by compaction and cementation."

Etymology

From lith- + -ify.

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