Mummifying

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]