Definition of "lithify" []

• To turn sediment into solid rock (verb)

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• "Re “The crinoid would have to be buried in a marine environment; the sediment would have to lithify and turn to chert SiO2; then be weathered and a chert fragment swallowed by a dinosaur; …”"
• "Immediately, she began to roam, examining the stalactites that hung from the ceiling, still forming, still dripping with water, each drop leaving a minute quantity of calcium which would harden and lithify, gradually growing the inverted steeple of mineral deposits longer and longer."
• "(Editor's note, this title is inspired in part by Paul Graham's essay, lithify. me for being excited to join forces with a couple of determined designers!)"