mummify

v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

v.tr.

1. To make into a mummy by embalming and drying.
2. To cause to shrivel and dry up.

v.intr.
To shrivel or dry up like a mummy.

mummification mum'mi·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.

verb

To make or become no longer fresh or shapely because of loss of moisture: dry up, sear, shrivel, wither, wizen. See dry/wet.

Conversion to a dehydrated state; commonly said of a fetus. The soft tissues are very much reduced in volume, the skin is leathery and the tissues are deeply brown-stained.

• corneal m. — see corneal sequestrum.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: preserve while making lifeless

Meaning #2: remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it

Meaning #3: dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
  Synonym: dry up

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - balsamere, mumificere
v. intr. - tørre ind som en mumie

Nederlands (Dutch)
mummificeren, doen uitdrogen

Français (French)
v. tr. - momifier
v. intr. - se momifier

Deutsch (German)
v. - mumifizieren, vertrocknen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μουμιοποιώ/-ούμαι, ζαρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
mummificare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - mumificar

Русский (Russian)
мумифицировать, ссыхаться, атрофироваться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - momificar
v. intr. - momificar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - mumifiera, bevara, skrumpna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使干瘪, 使成木乃伊, 成木乃伊状, 干瘪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使乾癟, 使成木乃伊
v. intr. - 成木乃伊狀, 乾癟

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 미이라로 만들다, 말리다
v. intr. - (사람의 시체를) 미이라로 보관하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ミイラにする, 干して保存する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتحنط, يتصلب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חנט‬
v. intr. - ‮התייבשה, הצטמקה (רקמה וכו')‬

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