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Embalm

Embalm Meaning & Definition
Embalm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Embalm?

[v] preserve a dead body

Synonyms | Synonyms for Embalm:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Embalm: anhydrate | aromatize | blast-freeze | brine | cense | corn | cure | dehydrate | desiccate | dry | dry-cure | dry-salt | eternalize | eternize | evaporate | freeze | freeze-dry | fume | fumigate | immortalize | incense | irradiate | jerk | keep alive | keep fresh | kipper | lay out | lie in state | marinade | marinate | monumentalize | mummify | odorize | perennialize | perfume | perpetuate | pickle | preservatize | preserve | preserve from oblivion | quick-freeze | refrigerate | salt | scent | season | smoke | smoke-cure | stuff | thurify

See Also | mummify | preserve | save

Embalm In Webster's Dictionary

\Em*balm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embalmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embalming}.] [F. embaumer; pref. em- (L. in) + baume balm. See {Balm}.] 1. To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction. Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm ?is father; and the physicians embalmed Israel. --Gem. l. 2. 2. To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume. With fresh dews embalmed the earth. --Milton. 3. To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance. Those tears eternal that embalm the dead. --Pope.

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