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   mummify

   /ˈmʌmɪfʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. (especially in ancient Egypt) preserve (a body) by embalming and wrapping it in cloth: "her remains were mummified over 2,000 years ago"
   • ▪ dry up (something, especially a body) and so preserve it: "the bodies of prehistoric men, mummified by the effect of the acid in the bog water"

   Derivatives

   • 1. mummification noun

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