mummify
verb (used with object)
to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.
mummifying
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present participleof mummify.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Rühli says he believes this could have inspired ancient Egyptians to start mummifying their honored dead.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2023
As for the legacy or genealogy side of things, there are chasmic unknowns to mummifying yourself in the digital world.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2022
That's the question my Food52 colleagues asked when they saw me mummifying avocado halves in plastic wrap to prepare them for life eternal in the freezer.
From Salon ● May 15, 2021
I had slept more soundly than I had expected, given the hard ground beneath me and the mummifying strictures of the sleeping bag.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2020
Sometime before 5000 b.c. they began mummifying bodies—children at first, adults later on.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
