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embalmed

embalmed is the simple past and past participle of embalm.

Meaning of embalm

Verb

embalm (third-person singular simple present embalms, present participle embalming, simple past and past participle embalmed)

  1. (transitive) To treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition.
    • And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 50:2
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To preserve.
    • There are districts of Canada mainly settled from Paisley and neighbourhood, the hivings off at such seasons as we have referred to, with whose settlement he had not a little to do, and where his memory is embalmed.1872, Robert Ferrier Burns, The Life and Times of the Rev. Robert Burns, page 95
  3. (transitive) To perfume or add fragrance to something.

Words formed from embalmed

Questions about embalmed

What is embalmed the simple past and past participle of?
Embalmed is the simple past and past participle of embalm.

Words near embalmed in the dictionary

  1. emballonurid
  2. emballonurids
  3. emballs
  4. embalm
  5. embalmable
  6. embalmed
  7. embalmer
  8. embalmers
  9. embalmeth
  10. embalming
  11. embalming fluid

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