Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Embalm

Embalm , transitive verb

[French embaumer; pref. em- (Latin in) + baume balm. See Balm.]

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.
Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his 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