Usually means: Turn sediment into solid rock.
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  1. lithify: Merriam-Webster
  2. lithify: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lithify: Collins English Dictionary
  4. lithify: Wordnik
  5. lithify: Wiktionary
  6. lithify: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. lithify: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. lithify: Dictionary.com
  9. Lithify: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Lithify: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  To turn sediment into solid rock

Similar:
lithiate, mineralize, stonify, granitise, eclogitize, mylonitize, silicatize, pegmatize, chloritize, feldspathize, more...

Opposite:
delithify, unlithify, decompose, erode, weather

Types:
sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic, more...

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Similar:
lithiate, mineralize, stonify, granitise, eclogitize, mylonitize, silicatize, pegmatize, chloritize, feldspathize, more...

Opposite:
delithify, unlithify, decompose, erode, weather

Types:
sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic, more...



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