MORTIFY
\mˈɔːtɪfˌa͡ɪ], \mˈɔːtɪfˌaɪ], \m_ˈɔː_t_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]\
Definitions of MORTIFY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
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practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
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undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
By Princeton University
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of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
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practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.
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To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble.
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To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
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To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.
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To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
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To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.
By Oddity Software
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To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.
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To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble.
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To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
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To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.
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To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
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To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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To subdue by self-denial, etc.; as, to mortify the appetites; humble; humiliate; depress; cause (a part of the body) to decay, or undergo gangrene.
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To lose all living functions, as an injured part of the body; to be affected with gangrene.
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Mortifying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make dead: to destroy the vital functions of: to subdue by severities and penance: to vex: to humble.
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To lose vitality, to gangrene: to be subdued:-pa.t. and pa.p. mortified.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To humiliate; shame; vex.
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To subdue by fasting, etc., as the passions.
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To destroy the organic texture of.
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To lose vitality, as living flesh; gangrene.
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To be subdued.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of some part of a living animal; to subdue or bring into subjection bodily appetites, or inordinate passions, by self-denial, abstinence, &c.; to humble; to affect with vexation.
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To lose vitality; to gangrene; to be subdued; to practise austerities from religious feelings.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To destroy vital qualities; to subdue or bring into subjection, as the appetites or passions; to subdue the body to the mind, as by abstinence or severities; to humble or depress; to vex; to lose vitality, as flesh; to become corrupt.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
