Mummify

['mʌmɪfaɪ] or ['mʌmɪ'fai]

(verb.) dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; 'a mummified body was found'.

(verb.) remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; 'Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs'.

(verb.) preserve while making lifeless; 'mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of'.

Edited by Antony--From WordNet

(v. t.) To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.

Editor: Maureen