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verb (v)

• preserve while making lifeless(verb.stative)

  source: wordnet30
• remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it(verb.possession)

  source: wordnet30
• dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  dry up
  

  source: wordnet30
• To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.(verb)

  source: webster1913