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Mortify

Mortify Meaning & Definition
Mortify Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mortify?

[v] undergo necrosis; of tissue
[v] cause to fee shame; hurt the pride of
[v] hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
[v] practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mortify: abase | chagrin | cricify | gangrene | humble | humiliate | necrose | sphacelate | subdue

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mortify: abash | break up | bring down | canker | cast down | castigate | chagrin | chasten | confound | confuse | control | corrupt | crumble | crumble into dust | crush | decay | decompose | deflate | degrade | discipline | discomfit | discompose | disconcert | disgrace | disintegrate | disturb | downgrade | embarrass | fall into decay | fall to pieces | fester | gangrene | go bad | go to pieces | humble | humiliate | let down | mildew | mold | molder | necrose | punish | put down | put out | put to shame | putrefy | putresce | rankle | rebuff | reduce | rot | shame | sphacelate | spoil | subdue | subjugate | suppress | suppurate | throw into confusion | upset

See Also | abstain | bruise | check | condition | contain | control | crush | curb | degrade | demean | demolish | desist | discipline | disgrace | hold | hold in | hurt | injure | moderate | mortify | offend | put down | refrain | rot | spite | train | waste | wound

Mortify In Webster's Dictionary

\Mor"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mortifying}.] [OE. mortifien, F. mortifier, fr. L. mortificare; L. mors, mortis, death + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Mortal}, and {-fy}.] 1. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in. 2. To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. --Bacon. He mortified pearls in vinegar. --Hakewill. 3. To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble. With fasting mortified, worn out with tears. --Harte. Mortify thy learned lust. --Prior. Mortify, rherefore, your members which are upon the earth. --Col. iii. 5. 4. To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress. The news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which exceedingly mortified our expectations. --Evelyn. How often is the ambitious man mortified with the very praises he receives, if they do not rise so high as he thinks they ought! --Addison.
\Mor"ti*fy\, v. i. 1. To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene. 2. To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline. This makes him . . . give alms of all that he hath, watch, fast, and mortify. --Law. 3. To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.

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