embalm
verb/ɪmˈbɑːm/UK/ɪmˈbɑm/US
Etymology
Definitions
To treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition.
- And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father.
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.
- It is very curious to observe how the idea of revenge, inspired by an Egyptian who lived before the time of Christ, is thus, as it were, embalmed in an English family name.
To perfume or add fragrance to something.
The neighborhood
Derived
disembalm, embalmable, embalmer, embalming, embalmment, unembalmed
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA