mummify

 
Pronunciation: /ˈmʌmɪfʌɪ/

verb (mummifies, mummifying mummified)

[with object] (usually as adjective mummified)
  • (especially in ancient Egypt) preserve (a body) by embalming and wrapping it in cloth: the mummified bodies entombed in the pyramids
  • dry up (a body) and so preserve it: the bodies of prehistoric men, mummified by the effect of the acid in the bog water

Derivatives

mummification

Pronunciation: /-fɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun