Definition of mortify

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Mortify (v. i.) To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene..

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Crucify :: Crucify (v. t.) To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify.
Mortifying :: Mortifying (a.) Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of, mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh..
Mortified :: Mortified () imp. & p. p. of Mortify.
Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress..
Mortification :: Mortification (n.) The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified.
Mortifyingly :: Mortifyingly (adv.) In a mortifying manner.
Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble..
Immortification :: Immortification (n.) Failure to mortify the passions.
Chagrin :: Chagrin (n.) To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined..
Swig :: Swig (v. t.) To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off..
Mortifying :: Mortifying (a.) Subduing the appetites, desires, etc.; as, mortifying penances..
Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
Humiliate :: Humiliate (v. t.) To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify..
Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.
Mortifying :: Mortifying (a.) Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a mortifying repulse..
Mortifying :: Mortifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mortif.
Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.
Spacelate :: Spacelate (v. i.) To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify..
Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc..
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