Embalm

v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Embalmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Embalming.] Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm is father; and the physicians embalmed Israel. - Gem. l. 2.
	2.	To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume. With fresh dews embalmed the earth. - Milton.
	3.	To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance. Those tears eternal that embalm the dead. - Pope.

Verb

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embalm - preserve a dead body

anhydrate, aromatize, blast-freeze, brine, cense, corn, cure, dehydrate, desiccate, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, eternalize, eternize, evaporate, freeze, freeze-dry, fume, fumigate, immortalize, incense, irradiate, jerk, keep alive, keep fresh, kipper, lay out, lie in state, marinade, marinate, monumentalize, mummify, odorize, perennialize, perfume, perpetuate, pickle, preservatize, preserve, preserve from oblivion, quick-freeze, refrigerate, salt, scent, season, smoke, smoke-cure, stuff, thurify

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