sarcophagize

English

Alternative forms

• sarcophagise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

sarcophagize (third-person singular simple present sarcophagizes, present participle sarcophagizing, simple past and past participle sarcophagized)

1. (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.