See Also: lapidification(medicine)
lapidification(dictionary)

confrontation (iou) and lapidification (medicine)


confrontation (iou)



confrontation noun. E17.
[from CONFRONT + -ATION. Cf. medieval Latin confrontatio(n-) boundary, French confrontation.]
The bringing of people face to face, esp. of an accused and the accuser(s), etc., for the purpose of establishing the truth. E17.
The action of bringing things together for comparison. M17.
Hostile opposition of countries, parties, etc., with or without actual conflict. M20.
confrontational adjective characterized by or leading to (hostile) confrontation; aggressive, uncompromising: L20.

lapidification (medicine)


lapidification


The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.

Origin: Cf. F. Lapidification.

Source: Websters Dictionary