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disembalm

verb

Etymology

From dis- + embalm.

  1. derived from embasmer
  2. derived from embaumer
  3. inherited from enbawmen
  4. prefixed as disembalm — “dis + embalm”

Definitions

  1. Hypothetically, to undo the embalming of.

    • […] the disembalming and unbandaging of all literary mummies […]
    • Her thoughts perturb the broken urn / And seem the bones to disembalm: / She sifts the dust of days gone by; / Troubling the old eternity.

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