About The Word Mummify
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Mummify
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What's The Definition Of Mummify?
[v] dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"
[v] remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaos" [v] preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mummify: dry up Related Terms | Find terms related to Mummify: air-dry | anhydrate | bake | blast-freeze | blot | brine | brush | burn | corn | cure | dehumidify | dehydrate | desiccate | drain | dry | dry up | dry-cure | dry-salt | embalm | evaporate | exsiccate | fire | freeze | freeze-dry | fume | insolate | irradiate | jerk | kiln | kipper | lay out | lie in state | marinade | marinate | mummy | parch | pickle | preservatize | quick-freeze | refrigerate | rub | salt | scorch | sear | season | shrivel | smoke | smoke-cure | soak up | sponge | stuff | sun | sun-dry | swab | torrefy | towel | weazen | welter | wilt | wipe | wither | wizen See Also | bear on | carry on | continue | embalm | preserve | shrink | shrivel | shrivel up | uphold | wither Mummify In Webster's Dictionary \Mum"mi*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mummified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Mummifying}.] [Mummy + -fy: cf. F. momifier.]
To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.
--Hall (1646).
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