mummify

[ muhm-uh-fahy ]

/ ˈmʌm əˌfaɪ /

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verb (used with object), mum·mi·fied, mum·mi·fy·ing.

to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.

to make (something) resemble a mummy; dry or shrivel up: The dead lizard was mummified by the hot desert air.

to preserve (an idea, institution, custom, etc.) that may have outlived its usefulness or relevance: Those mummified customs have no place in society today.

verb (used without object), mum·mi·fied, mum·mi·fy·ing.

to dry or shrivel up.

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Origin of mummify

First recorded in 1620–30; mummy¹ + -fy

OTHER WORDS FROM mummify

mum·mi·fi·ca·tion, nounhalf-mum·mi·fied, adjectiveun·mum·mi·fied, adjectiveun·mum·mi·fy·ing, adjective

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“These dolls are made of mummified human remains,” the voiceover on the video says.
Russian Historian Anatoly Moskvin Collected Dead Girls at Home|Anna Nemtsova|November 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The grisly discovery of her mummified body has unsettled the neighborhood, the neighbor added.
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But other than that, she looked exactly the same—the hot climate and humidity had mummified her.
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They load a mummified man, with his face contorted into a scream, onto a medical stretcher.
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Her blanket had slipped down, leaving her hair in wisps about her mummified face.
Hope Hathaway|Frances Parker
In a snowbank, half fallen open like a split nut, was visible a kind of human figure, mummified by dry cold.
The Red River Half-Breed|Gustave Aimard
The mother pays for her childbirth with her life, and her young are born under the shelter of her mummified corpse.
The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical|Frank H. Stauffer
The mummified rat and skeleton were pulverized in a sterile mortar and an emulsion was made and injected into guinea-pigs.
Plague|Thomas Wright Jackson
The nurses could not understand what sudden inflow of strength and impulse raised the mummified figure into a sitting posture.
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British Dictionary definitions for mummified

mummify

/ (ˈmʌmɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

(tr) to preserve the body of (a human or animal) as a mummy

(intr) to dry up; shrivel

(tr) to preserve (an outdated idea, institution, etc) while making lifeless

Derived forms of mummify

mummification, noun

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mummify

verb (used with object), mum·mi·fied, mum·mi·fy·ing.

verb (used without object), mum·mi·fied, mum·mi·fy·ing.

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verb -fies, -fying or -fied

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