mummify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mummify	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mummify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mummify v preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of" remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs" dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found" Synonym(s): mummify, dry up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mummify \Mum"mi*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mummified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mummifying}.] [Mummy + -fy: cf. F. momifier.] To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy. --Hall (1646).