Meaning of MORTIFY in English

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Meaning of MORTIFY in English

• To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.
• To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.
• To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble.
• To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
• To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.
• To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
• To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.

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