mummifyv.

Brit.

/ˈmʌmᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈməməˌfaɪ/

Forms: 1600s mummifie, 1600s mummy-fie, 1700s– mummify, 1800s– mummyfy (rare).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mummy n.¹, -ify suffix.

Etymology: < mummy n.¹ + -ify suffix. Compare French momifier (1789). Compare slightly earlier mummy v.

a. transitive. To make into a mummy; to preserve (a body) by embalming, drying, and wrapping in cloth. Also: to dry out into the semblance of a mummy, esp. as a result of exposure to wind, sunshine, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > mummify

mummianize1613

mummy1620

mummify1628

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > affect with wasting disease [verb (transitive)] > wither

pinch1548

beblast1558

forwelk1593

wither1599

perish1719

mummify1883

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer 44 I could bide Shut up untill my Flesh were Mummy-fi'd.

1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 185 The practice of mummifying their dead bodies.

1860 Atlantic Monthly July 114/1 Some of our familiar domesticated varieties of grain, of fowls, and of other animals, were pictured and mummified by the old Egyptians.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 245 I came suddenly upon his innocent body, lying mummified by the dry air and sun: a pigmy kangaroo.

1918 P. T. Forsyth This Life & Next xi. 113 We do not mummify our dead.

1981 D. M. Thomas White Hotel Prol. 10 The bodies of prehistoric men, mummified by the effect of the humic acid in the bog water.

1996 Church Times 12 July 2/2 St Michan's is a historic church, famous for its vaults whose dry atmosphere mummifies the remains of those buried there.

b. transitive. In extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > preserve from injury or destruction [verb (transitive)] > preserve in existence or maintain > beyond natural or reasonable span

mummify1647

1647 J. Hall Poems i. 58 Thou..shalt more long remaine Still mummifi'd within the hearts of men.

1661 J. Evelyn Fumifugium i. 13 So corrosive is this Smoake about the City, that if one would hang up Gammons of Bacon..or other Flesh to fume,..it will so Mummifie, drye up, wast and burn it, that it suddainly crumbles away.

1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Oct. 435/1 Botany, which by dint of classification, has been effectually mummified into the dryest of all subjects.

1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxv. 325 A man lies dead-alive four generations—mummified in ignorance and sloth.

1893 Bot. Gaz. 18 87 A fruit that has been ‘mummified’ by the fungus.

1979 L. Blue Backdoor to Heaven xii. 63 That deadening self-consciousness and artificial language which mummify prayer.

2. transitive. To wrap or bind heavily in a manner reminiscent of a mummy. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > swathe

swathe11..

foldc1394

swethec1440

swaddlec1522

sweela1583

enswathe1609

furl1712

mummify1863

cocoon1880

1863 Continental Monthly Jan. 8/1 Around all the Segnian infants they wind a strip of knit or woven cloth, about eight feet long and four inches wide, fairly mummifying them.

1955 Times 20 June 3/5 He mummifies himself in preparation for the next flight.

1977 Daily Mirror 15 Mar. 31/1 New South Wales opener Rick McCosker, head mummified by yards of bandage as protection for a..jaw fractured..on Saturday.

1986 S. Churcher N.Y. Confidential vii. 168 It takes about fifteen minutes to mummify a person in stretch elastic.

3. intransitive. To become mummified; to undergo mummification.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > preserve from injury or destruction [verb (intransitive)] > remain in good condition > remain in good or bad condition

weather1883

mummify1888

1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 367 After death from hyphomycosis the often flaccid body hardens and mummifies without decay.

1925 Cent. Mag. Jan. 340/1 It dies, mummifies, fossilizes, and when we excavate it..there remains only a terrifying skeleton with a satanic grin.

1965 New Phytologist 64 36 The application of IAA and naphthyl acetic acid prevents abscission of cotton fruit, which nevertheless do not develop further, but mummify in position.

1994 W. Maples & M. Browning Dead Men do tell Tales iii. 36 In dry sand bodies will mummify to durable parchment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mummify
释义	mummifyv. Brit. /ˈmʌmᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈməməˌfaɪ/ Forms: 1600s mummifie, 1600s mummy-fie, 1700s– mummify, 1800s– mummyfy (rare). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mummy n.¹, -ify suffix. Etymology: < mummy n.¹ + -ify suffix. Compare French momifier (1789). Compare slightly earlier mummy v. 1. a. transitive. To make into a mummy; to preserve (a body) by embalming, drying, and wrapping in cloth. Also: to dry out into the semblance of a mummy, esp. as a result of exposure to wind, sunshine, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > mummify mummianize1613 mummy1620 mummify1628 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > affect with wasting disease [verb (transitive)] > wither pinch1548 beblast1558 forwelk1593 wither1599 perish1719 mummify1883 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer 44 I could bide Shut up untill my Flesh were Mummy-fi'd. 1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 185 The practice of mummifying their dead bodies. 1860 Atlantic Monthly July 114/1 Some of our familiar domesticated varieties of grain, of fowls, and of other animals, were pictured and mummified by the old Egyptians. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 245 I came suddenly upon his innocent body, lying mummified by the dry air and sun: a pigmy kangaroo. 1918 P. T. Forsyth This Life & Next xi. 113 We do not mummify our dead. 1981 D. M. Thomas White Hotel Prol. 10 The bodies of prehistoric men, mummified by the effect of the humic acid in the bog water. 1996 Church Times 12 July 2/2 St Michan's is a historic church, famous for its vaults whose dry atmosphere mummifies the remains of those buried there. b. transitive. In extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > preserve from injury or destruction [verb (transitive)] > preserve in existence or maintain > beyond natural or reasonable span mummify1647 1647 J. Hall Poems i. 58 Thou..shalt more long remaine Still mummifi'd within the hearts of men. 1661 J. Evelyn Fumifugium i. 13 So corrosive is this Smoake about the City, that if one would hang up Gammons of Bacon..or other Flesh to fume,..it will so Mummifie, drye up, wast and burn it, that it suddainly crumbles away. 1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Oct. 435/1 Botany, which by dint of classification, has been effectually mummified into the dryest of all subjects. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxv. 325 A man lies dead-alive four generations—mummified in ignorance and sloth. 1893 Bot. Gaz. 18 87 A fruit that has been ‘mummified’ by the fungus. 1979 L. Blue Backdoor to Heaven xii. 63 That deadening self-consciousness and artificial language which mummify prayer. 2. transitive. To wrap or bind heavily in a manner reminiscent of a mummy. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > swathe swathe11.. foldc1394 swethec1440 swaddlec1522 sweela1583 enswathe1609 furl1712 mummify1863 cocoon1880 1863 Continental Monthly Jan. 8/1 Around all the Segnian infants they wind a strip of knit or woven cloth, about eight feet long and four inches wide, fairly mummifying them. 1955 Times 20 June 3/5 He mummifies himself in preparation for the next flight. 1977 Daily Mirror 15 Mar. 31/1 New South Wales opener Rick McCosker, head mummified by yards of bandage as protection for a..jaw fractured..on Saturday. 1986 S. Churcher N.Y. Confidential vii. 168 It takes about fifteen minutes to mummify a person in stretch elastic. 3. intransitive. To become mummified; to undergo mummification. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > preserve from injury or destruction [verb (intransitive)] > remain in good condition > remain in good or bad condition weather1883 mummify1888 1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 367 After death from hyphomycosis the often flaccid body hardens and mummifies without decay. 1925 Cent. Mag. Jan. 340/1 It dies, mummifies, fossilizes, and when we excavate it..there remains only a terrifying skeleton with a satanic grin. 1965 New Phytologist 64 36 The application of IAA and naphthyl acetic acid prevents abscission of cotton fruit, which nevertheless do not develop further, but mummify in position. 1994 W. Maples & M. Browning Dead Men do tell Tales iii. 36 In dry sand bodies will mummify to durable parchment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1628
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