Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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).

Synonyms: dry up

See Also: bear on, carry on, continue, embalm, preserve, shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, uphold, wither

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