MUMMIFY

mummify, dry up

(verb) dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; “a mummified body was found”

mummify

(verb) remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; “Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs”

mummify

(verb) preserve while making lifeless; “mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

mummify (third-person singular simple present mummifies, present participle mummifying, simple past and past participle mummified)

(transitive) To make into a mummy, by preserving a dead body.

(intransitive) To become a mummy.

Source: Wiktionary

Mum"mi*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mummifying.] Etym: [Mummy + -fy: cf. F. momifier.]

Definition: To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy. Hall (1646).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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