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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
embalm .
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Examples
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Another name embalms the theory in terse Saxon that the liquor is a poison, to the inner man.
History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907
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The day was warm and still; it had that aromatic scent which loads the atmosphere in spots thickly planted with firs; such as embalms the air to the traveller who has come through the wild pass of Glencoe, and rests among the ancient firs of the Black
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It embalms memorabilia of the death camps and preserves them as national treasures.
War 2009
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It embalms memorabilia of the death camps and preserves them as national treasures.
Israel 2009
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It embalms memorabilia of the death camps and preserves them as national treasures.
Lebanon 2009
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It embalms memorabilia of the death camps and preserves them as national treasures.
Palestine 2009
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It embalms memorabilia of the death camps and preserves them as national treasures.
Dove's Eye View: 2009
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It embalms memorabilia of the death camps and preserves them as national treasures.
Grandchildren of Holocaust Victim Demand: Remove Grandmother's Name from Yad Vashem 2009
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The show centers on the Fishers, a family that lives, loves, fights and embalms together in a Los Angeles funeral home.
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One outstanding investigation headed by Dr. Maria Alemany, the Trocho Study, showed that formaldehyde from aspartame embalms living tissue and damages DNA, two horrible consequences.
ruzuzu commented on the word embalms
"A precedent embalms a principle" (Benjamin Disraeli).
- As quoted in the American Heritage Dictionary definition for embalm.
August 5, 2010