Mummifying

Mummifying
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). [1913 Webster]

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