Synonyms

mummify

[muhm-uh-fahy] Origin

mum·mi·fy

[muhm-uh-fahy] verb, mum·mi·fied, mum·mi·fy·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.
2.
to make (something) resemble a mummy.
verb (used without object)
3.
to dry or shrivel up.

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Mummify is one of our favorite verbs.
So is bowdlerise. Does it mean:
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.

Origin:
1620–30; mummy1 + -fy

mum·mi·fi·ca·tion, noun
half-mum·mi·fied, adjective
un·mum·mi·fied, adjective
un·mum·mi·fy·ing, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To mummify
Collins
World English Dictionary
mummify (ˈmʌmɪˌfaɪ)
 
vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
1.  (tr) to preserve the body of (a human or animal) as a mummy
2.  (intr) to dry up; shrivel
3.  (tr) to preserve (an outdated idea, institution, etc) while making lifeless
 
mummifi'cation
 
n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

mummify
1620s, from Fr. momifier, from momie, from M.L. mumia (see mummy).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT