Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mummify"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mummify \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).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mummify
v 1: make into a mummy
2: dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a
mummified body was found" [syn: {dry up}]
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