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Mortal Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mortal? [n] [adj] causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" [adj] subject to death; "mortal beings" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mortal: deadly \| deathly \| earthborn \| fatal \| human \| individual \| person \| somebody \| someone \| soul Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mortal: abject \| Adamite \| Adamitic \| anthropocentric \| anthropological \| awful \| baneful \| being \| bitter \| bodily \| body \| brittle \| brutal \| capricious \| cat \| changeable \| chap \| character \| conceivable \| corporal \| corporeal \| corruptible \| cracking \| creature \| customer \| deadly \| death-bringing \| deathful \| deathly \| deciduous \| destructive \| dire \| disastrous \| duck \| dying \| earthling \| earthly \| earthy \| enormous \| ephemeral \| evanescent \| extreme \| fading \| fantastic \| fatal \| fellow \| feral \| fickle \| finite \| fleeting \| fleshly \| flitting \| fly-by-night \| flying \| fragile \| frail \| fugacious \| fugitive \| great \| groundling \| guy \| hand \| head \| hominal \| homo \| homocentric \| human \| human being \| humanistic \| impermanent \| impetuous \| implacable \| impulsive \| inconstant \| individual \| inordinate \| insubstantial \| intense \| internecine \| joker \| killing \| lethal \| life \| likely \| living soul \| malign \| malignant \| man \| man-centered \| massive \| merciless \| momentary \| monumental \| mutable \| nondurable \| nonpermanent \| nose \| one \| only human \| party \| passing \| perishable \| pernicious \| person \| personage \| personality \| pestilent \| pestilential \| physical \| possible \| prodigious \| relentless \| ruthless \| savage \| short-lived \| single \| somebody \| someone \| soul \| stupendous \| subject to death \| sworn \| tellurian \| temporal \| temporary \| terminal \| terran \| terrible \| towering \| transient \| transitive \| transitory \| tremendous \| unangelic \| unappeasable \| unceasing \| undurable \| unenduring \| unflinching \| unrelenting \| unremitting \| unstable \| unyielding \| virulent \| volatile \| weak \| woman \| worldling \| worldly See Also \| adult \| adventurer \| African \| anatomy \| anomaly \| applicant \| applied scientist \| applier \| appointee \| appointment \| beholder \| being \| bod \| build \| capitalist \| captor \| capturer \| causal agency \| causal agent \| cause \| changer \| chassis \| common man \| common person \| commoner \| communicator \| compeer \| contestant \| controversialist \| coward \| creator \| denizen \| disputant \| dweller \| earthly \| engineer \| entertainer \| equal \| experimenter \| expert \| face \| female \| female person \| figure \| finite \| flesh \| forerunner \| form \| frame \| grownup \| human body \| indigen \| indigene \| individualist \| inexperienced person \| inhabitant \| innocent \| intellect \| intellectual \| juvenile \| juvenile person \| leader \| lover \| male \| male person \| match \| material body \| modifier \| money dealer \| money handler \| national \| native \| nonreligious person \| nonworker \| observer \| organism \| peer \| people \| perceiver \| percher \| persona non grata \| personality \| physical body \| physique \| precursor \| primitive \| primitive person \| religionist \| religious person \| self \| sensualist \| shape \| soma \| subject \| technologist \| traveler \| traveller \| unfortunate \| unfortunate person \| unskilled person \| unusual person \| unwelcome person \| venturer \| worker Mortal In Webster's Dictionary \Mor"tal\, a. [F. mortel, L. mortalis, from mors, mortis, death, fr. moriri 8die; akin to E. murder. See {Murder}, and cf. {Filemot}, {Mere} a lake, {Mortgage}.] 1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal. 2. Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin. 3. Fatally vulnerable; vital. Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work. --Milton. 4. Of or pertaining to the time of death. Safe in the hand of one disposing Power, Or in the natal or the mortal hour. --Pope. 5. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly. The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright. --Dryden. 6. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power. The voice of God To mortal ear is dreadful. --Milton. 7. Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott. {Mortal foe}, {Mortal enemy}, an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction. \Mor"tal\, n. A being subject to death; a human being; man. ``Warn poor mortals left behind.'' --Tickell.

Mortal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mortal?

[n]
[adj] causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"
[adj] subject to death; "mortal beings"

Mortal In Webster's Dictionary

\Mor"tal\, a. [F. mortel, L. mortalis, from mors, mortis,
death, fr. moriri 8die; akin to E. murder. See {Murder}, and
cf. {Filemot}, {Mere} a lake, {Mortgage}.]
1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

2. Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death;
   terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly;
   as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.

3. Fatally vulnerable; vital.

         Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but
         missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes
         the work.                             --Milton.

4. Of or pertaining to the time of death.

         Safe in the hand of one disposing Power, Or in the
         natal or the mortal hour.             --Pope.

5. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.

         The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright.
                                               --Dryden.

6. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or
   knowledge; mortal power.

         The voice of God To mortal ear is dreadful.
                                               --Milton.

7. Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting
   two mortal hours. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott.

{Mortal foe}, {Mortal enemy}, an inveterate, desperate, or
   implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction.


\Mor"tal\, n.
A being subject to death; a human being; man. ``Warn poor
mortals left behind.'' --Tickell.

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