Word
Mortify
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
mor-ti-fy
Definition
- v. t. - To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of;
to produce gangrene in.
- v. t. - To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of;
to change by chemical action.
- v. t. - To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the
carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into
subjection; to abase; to humble.
- v. t. - To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to
humble; to depress.
- v. i. - To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a
living body; to gangrene.
- v. i. - To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden
desires by religious discipline.
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