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v. To treat (a corpse) with preservatives in order to prevent decay.

v. To protect from change or oblivion; preserve or fix: "A precedent embalms a principle” ( Benjamin Disraeli).

v. To impart fragrance to; perfume: Spicy aromas embalmed the air.

v. To treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition

v. To perfume or add fragrance to something

v. To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction.

v. To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume.

v. To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance.

To dress or anoint with balm; specifically, to preserve from decay by means of balsams or other aromatic spices; keep from putrefaction by impregnating with spices, gums, and chemicals, as a dead body.

Hence To preserve from neglect or decay; preserve in memory.

To impart fragrance to; fill with sweet scent.

v. preserve a dead body

"With all the talk about health care reform, no one has yet to point a finger at the food industry which has created snacks and foods so full of preservatives and chemicals and sugars that you can self embalm before you die."

embalmed    embalming    embalms   

conserve    keep up    maintain    preserve   

mummify   

embalming    embalmer   

perfume    preserver   

Bomb    Dom    Fromm    Guam    Islam    Mom    Palme    Qom    Rom    Saddam   

mummification    plantcutter    knife-sharp    quarter-back    cerebro-spinal    head-hunting    amniotic    granduncle    two-proton    albuminous