MORTIFICATION
\mˌɔːtɪfɪkˈe͡ɪʃən], \mˌɔːtɪfɪkˈeɪʃən], \m_ˌɔː_t_ɪ_f_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of MORTIFICATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
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an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"
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(Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
By Princeton University
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the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
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an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"
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(Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified
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The death of one part of an animal body, while the rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some part of a living animal; gangrene.
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Destruction of active qualities; neutralization.
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That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin, or vexation.
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A gift to some charitable or religious institution; - nearly synonymous with mortmain.
By Oddity Software
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The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified
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The death of one part of an animal body, while the rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some part of a living animal; gangrene.
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Destruction of active qualities; neutralization.
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That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin, or vexation.
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A gift to some charitable or religious institution; - nearly synonymous with mortmain.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of humbling or depressing; the dath of one part of an animal body while the rest continues to live; a condition called gangrene; the subduing of the passions and appetites by self-denial; humiliation, or its cause; vexation.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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Act of mortifying or state of being mortified: the death of one part of an animal body: subjection of the passions and appetites by bodily severities: humiliation: vexation: that which mortifies or vexes: (Scotch law) a bequest to some institution.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The loss of vitality in a part of the body. The incipient stage of mortification, when the case is still recoverable, is called Gangrene; when totattly destroyed, Sphacelus. Mortification of a bone is called Necrosis.
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Cold, Sphacelus- m. Ergot, Ergotism- m. Hot, Gangrene- m. Mildew, Ergotism.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. Act of mortifying or the condition of being mortified;- the death of one part of an animal body while the rest continues to live; - gangrene;- subjection of the passions and appetites by penance, abstinence, or painful severities inflicted on the body;- hence, generally, humiliation; chagrin; vexation;- cross.
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