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mortify


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mortify  \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 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mortify  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mortify 
  v  1:  hold  within  limits  and  control;  "subdue  one's  appetites" 
  [syn:  {subdue}] 
  2:  lower  in  esteem;  hurt  the  pride  of  [syn:  {humiliate},  {chagrin}, 
  {humble},  {abase}] 
  3:  undergo  necrosis;  of  tissue  [syn:  {necrose},  {gangrene},  {sphacelate}] 




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