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mummify

mum·mify

UK/ˈmʌmɪfaɪ/ US/ˈmʌmʌˌfaɪ/ uncommon

verb

1.

preserve while making lifeless

  • “mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of”
2.

remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it

  • “Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs”
3.

dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

  • “a mummified body was found”
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Origin

From mummy + -ify. Compare later French momifier.

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