Mortify

Meaning

Verb

●

In Emotions:

To

(one's body,

etc.) by

; to

on.

●

In Emotions:

To

, to

. To

dignity.

●

To kill.

●

To reduce the

of; to

; to

, neutralize.

●

In Death & Emotions:

To

(

etc.); to make necrotic.

●

In Emotions:

To

with

,

, or

; to

; to depress.

●

In Scottish English & Law:

To

in mortmain.

●

To

vitality.

●

To gangrene.

●

To be subdued.

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Origin

mortify

English

mortifier

Anglo-Norman

mortifico

Latin

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