unmummify

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ mummify

Verb[edit]

unmummify (third-person singular simple present unmummifies, present participle unmummifying, simple past and past participle unmummified)

  1. (transitive) To reverse the mummification of; to unwrap (a mummy) from its bandages.
    • 2011, R. L. Stine, Return of the Mummy:
      Plus, tomb robbers had to unmummify a mummy to get to the jewelry!