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disembalming

disembalming is the present participle and gerund of disembalm.

Meaning of disembalm

Verb

disembalm (third-person singular simple present disembalms, present participle disembalming, simple past and past participle disembalmed)

  1. (transitive) Hypothetically, to undo the embalming of.
    • […] the disembalming and unbandaging of all literary mummies […]1857–1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], chapter III, in The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson and Company, published 1858, →OCLC, page 71

Questions about disembalming

What is disembalming the present participle and gerund of?
Disembalming is the present participle and gerund of disembalm.

Words near disembalming in the dictionary

  1. diselenide
  2. diselenides
  3. diselenium
  4. disembalm
  5. disembalmed
  6. disembalming
  7. disembalms
  8. disembark
  9. disembarkation
  10. disembarkations
  11. disembarked

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