mellify

English

Etymology

From Latin mellificāre (to make honey), or mel (honey) + -ify

Verb

mellify (third-person singular simple present mellifies, present participle mellifying, simple past and past participle mellified)

  1. (transitive) To embalm in honey.
    • 2010, Vicki León, How to Mellify a Corpse and Other Human Stories of Ancient Science and Superstition:
      (book title)
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To make honey.
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