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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Mummify

/mŭm'-əf-īˌ/ · Mum·mi·fy · IPA /ˈmʌmɪfaɪ/
01 v. t. To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.
imp. & p. p. Mummified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mummifying
  1. 1.
    To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.
02 v. i. To turn into a mummy-like corpse; to dry up with unusually little decomposition; -- said of dead animals; as, A mummified body was found in…
  1. 1.
    To turn into a mummy-like corpse; to dry up with unusually little decomposition; -- said of dead animals; as, A mummified body was found in the attic.