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embalm

verb as in preserve, immortalize

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If a man was wealthy, it cost his family as much as one thousand dollars to embalm his body suitably to his rank.

Even natron and oils were left, so that it might re-embalm itself, if the worms came to life in its members.

Two days later he gave Nebenchari permission to embalm Nitetis' body in the Egyptian manner, according to her last wish.

God knows how I embalm every such day,—I do not believe that one of the forty is confounded with another in my memory.

The whole mountain which dominates Terracina, is covered with orange and lemon trees, which embalm the air in a delicious manner.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to embalm, such as: mummify, anoint, cherish, consecrate, conserve, and enshrine.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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