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Meaning Of Mortify
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.
v. i.
To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.