lithify

American  

[lith-uh-fahy] / ˈlɪθ əˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

lithified, lithifying

1. to change (sediment) to stone or rock.

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verb (used without object)

lithified, lithifying

1. to become lithified.

Etymology

Origin of lithify

lith- + -ify

Example Sentences

One core contains what appears to be lithified layers of soil, which could capture indicators of the atmosphere’s composition.

From Science Magazine

The bedrock under these modern dunes is the Navajo Sandstone, the lithified remains of a 180-million-year-old desert.

From Scientific American

Sediments that were buried and lithified beneath the radiation penetration depth, possibly with organic molecules, would eventually be exhumed by erosion and exposed at the surface.

From Science Magazine

Rain tumbling on to the ash would have dug out small depressions, which were then subsequently covered over by further ash deposits and lithified, or turned to stone.

From BBC

Detail of the Hauptdolomit – formation showing lamination of the lithified microbial mats.

From Scientific American