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mummify

/ˈmʌmɪfaɪ/

mummify verb: to make into a mummy, by preserving a dead body.

Verb

mummify (third-person singular simple present mummifies, present participle mummifying, simple past and past participle mummified)

  1. (transitive) To make into a mummy, by preserving a dead body.
    Synonyms:
    mummy
  2. (intransitive) To become a mummy.

mummify meaning in Urdu, Arabic and Persian

mummify in Urdu

مومیانہ

mummify in Arabic

transitive: to mummify
أَحْنَطَ ʔaḥnaṭa, حَنَّطَ ḥannaṭa

mummify in Persian

transitive: to mummify
مومیایی کردن mumiyâyi kardan
intransitive: to become a mummy
مومیایی شدن mumiyâyi šodan

Synonyms of mummify

Forms of mummify

third-person singular presentmummifies
present participlemummifying
past participlemummified
pastmummified

Origin of mummify

From mummy + -ify. Compare later French momifier.

Words formed from mummify

Questions about mummify

What does mummify mean?
Mummify means to make into a mummy, by preserving a dead body.
What is mummify in Urdu?
Mummify in Urdu is مومیانہ. See Mummify meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is mummify?
Mummify is a verb.
How do you pronounce mummify?
Mummify is pronounced /ˈmʌmɪfaɪ/.
What is the past tense of mummify?
The past tense of mummify is mummified.

Words near mummify in the dictionary

  1. mummifier
  2. mummifiers
  3. mummifies
  4. mummiform
  5. mummiforms
  6. mummify
  7. mummifying
  8. mumming
  9. mummings
  10. mummiologist
  11. mummiologists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mummify (page history and authors); mummify (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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