granitize

American

[gran-i-tahyz] / ˈgræn ɪˌtaɪz /

especially British, granitise

verb (used with object)

granitized, granitizing

to subject to granitization.

Etymology

Origin of granitize

First recorded in 1960–65; granite + -ize

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granitized

I was granitized, and so I remained, until by a more luminous flicker from the burning wood I perceived that the being wore a flaring red necktie.

From The Water Ghost and Others by John Kendrick Bangs

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