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mummify

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mum⋅mi⋅fy

  [muhm-uh-fahy] verb, -fied, -fy⋅ing.
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–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.
Origin:
1620–30; mummy 1 + -fy

Related forms:
mum⋅mi⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion, noun
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mum·mi·fy   (mŭm'ə-fī')   
v.   mum·mi·fied, mum·mi·fy·ing, mum·mi·fies

v.   tr.

  1. To make into a mummy by embalming and drying.

  2. To cause to shrivel and dry up.

v.   intr.
To shrivel or dry up like a mummy.
mum'mi·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mum·mi·fy
Pronunciation: 'm&m-i-"fI
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -fied; -fy·ing
transitive senses
1 : to embalm and dry as or as if a mummy
2 a : to make into or like a mummy b : to cause to dry up and shrivel mummify intransitivesenses
: to dry up and shrivel like a mummy mummified fetus>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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