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em·balm    Audio Help   [em-bahm] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to treat (a dead body) so as to preserve it, as with chemicals, drugs, or balsams.
2.to preserve from oblivion; keep in memory: his deeds embalmed in the hearts of his disciples.
3.to cause to remain unchanged; prevent the development of.
4.to impart a balmy fragrance to.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME embalmen, embaumen < OF emba(u)smer, equiv. to em- em-1 + -ba(u)smer, v. deriv. of ba(u)sme balm]

em·balm·er, noun
em·balm·ment, noun
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em·balm    Audio Help   (ěm-bäm')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   em·balmed, em·balm·ing, em·balms
  1. To treat (a corpse) with preservatives in order to prevent decay.
  2. To protect from change or oblivion; preserve or fix: "A precedent embalms a principle" (Benjamin Disraeli).
  3. To impart fragrance to; perfume: Spicy aromas embalmed the air.


[Middle English embaumen, from Old French embasmer : en-, in; see en-1 + basme, balm; see balm.]

em·balm'er n., em·balm'ment n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
embalm 
c.1340, from O.Fr. embaumer "preserve (a corpse) with spices," from en- "cause to be" + baume "balm" (see balm) + -er verbal suffix. The -l- inserted in Eng. 1500s in imitation of L.

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embalm

verb
preserve a dead body 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
embalm [imˈbaːm] verb
to preserve (a dead body) from decay by treatment with spices or drugs
Example: The Egyptians embalmed the corpses of their kings.
Arabic: يُحَنِّطُ، يُصَبِّرُ
Chinese (Simplified): (以香料等)涂尸防腐,施以防腐剂
Chinese (Traditional): (以香料等)塗屍防腐
Czech: balzamovat
Danish: balsamere
Dutch: balsemen
Estonian: palsameerima
Finnish: palsamoida
French: embaumer
German: einbalsamieren
Greek: βαλσαμώνω, ταριχεύω
Hungarian: bebalzsamoz
Icelandic: smyrja
Indonesian: membalsem
Italian: imbalsamare
Japanese: 防腐保存する
Korean: (시체를) 방부 처리하다
Latvian: iebalzamēt
Lithuanian: balzamuoti
Norwegian: balsamere
Polish: balsamować
Portuguese (Brazil): embalsamar
Portuguese (Portugal): embalsamar
Romanian: a îmbălsăma
Russian: бальзамировать
Slovak: balzamovať
Slovenian: balzamirati
Spanish: embalsamar
Swedish: balsamera
Turkish: mumyalamak
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em·balm (m-bäm)
v. em·balmed, em·balm·ing, em·balms

To treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decay.

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Main Entry: em·balm
Pronunciation: im-'bä(l)m, NewEng also -'bom
Function: transitive verb
: to treat (a dead body) so as to protect from decay —em·balm·er nounem·balm·ment /-'bä(l)m-m&nt/ noun

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Embalm

Em*balm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embalmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embalming.] [F. embaumer; pref. em- (L. in) + baume balm. See Balm.]

1. To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction.

Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm ?is father; and the physicians embalmed Israel. --Gem. l. 2.

2. To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume.

With fresh dews embalmed the earth. --Milton.

3. To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance.

Those tears eternal that embalm the dead. --Pope.
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Embalm

Im*balm"\, v. t. See Embalm.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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