ἀποστερεόω
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
A harden, Ph.Bel.79.4, 81.4:—Pass., become solid, Arist.Mir.837b13, 844a14: metaph., -όομαι πρός τι persist stubbornly in, Phld.Rh.2.31S.