What does "mummifies" mean?

third-person singular simple present indicative of mummify

What is a synonym for "mummifies"?

Common synonyms include: air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blast-freeze, blot, brine.

Mummifies

verb

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Verb

1
third-person singular simple present indicative of mummify form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
"'I'm sorry weddings depress you, Ferris. Surely when two people love each other and mean to go on loving each other...' 'Marriage is not a process for prolonging the life of love, sir. It merely mummifies its corpse.'"

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air-dry anhydrate bake blast-freeze blot brine

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"'I'm sorry weddings depress you, Ferris. Surely when two people love each other and mean to go on loving each other...' 'Marriage is not a process for prolonging the life of love, sir. It merely mummifies its corpse.'"

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