sarcophagize
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- sarcophagise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Verb[edit]
sarcophagize (third-person singular simple present sarcophagizes, present participle sarcophagizing, simple past and past participle sarcophagized)
- (transitive) To enclose in a sarcophagus.
- 2013, Chang Terhune, Harvestman, page 132:
- Normally a dead crew member would be sarcophagized and laid out in one of the smaller bays for twenty-four hours; after a formal ceremony the body was jettisoned into space.
- 2020, A. N. Wilson, The Mystery of Charles Dickens:
- Now they were going to sarcophagize and memorialize Dickens.