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mortify /ˈmɔːtɪfʌɪ/
▶verb (mortifies, mortifying, mortified)
- 1 cause to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.
- 2 subdue (physical urges) by self-denial or discipline.
- 3 (of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis.
– derivatives
mortification noun,
mortifying adjective,
mortifyingly adverb.
mortification noun,
mortifying adjective,
mortifyingly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. mortifier, from eccles. L. mortificare ‘kill, subdue’, from L. mors, mort- ‘death’.
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