Definitions for Mortify
ˈmɔr təˌfaɪmor·ti·fy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mortifyverb

   practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

2. mortify, subdue, crucifyverb

   hold within limits and control

   "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"

3. humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abaseverb

   cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

   "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

4. necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelateverb

   undergo necrosis

   "the tissue around the wound necrosed"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mortifyverb

   To kill.

2. mortifyverb

   To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.

3. mortifyverb

   To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.

4. mortifyverb

   To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.

   Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body. I wonder if such ascetics are masochists?

5. mortifyverb

   To embarrass, to humiliate.

   I was so mortified I could have died right there, instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again.

6. Etymology: From mortifier, mortifier, from mortifico, from mors + -fico.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Mortifyverb

   Etymology: mortifier, French.

   1. To destroy vital qualities.2. To destroy active powers, or essential qualities.

   What gives impediment to union or restitution is called mortification, as when quicksilver is mortified with turpentine or spittle. Francis Bacon.

   He mortified pearls in vinegar, and drunk them up. George Hakewill.

   Oil of tartar per deliquium has a great faculty to find out and mortify acid spirits. Boyle.

   3. To subdue inordinate passions.

   The breath no sooner left his father’s body,
   But that his wildness mortified in him,
   Seem’d to die too. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   Their dear causes
   Would to the bleeding and the grim alarm
   Excite the mortified man. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Suppress thy knowing pride,
   Mortify thy learned lust,
   Vain are thy thoughts, while thou thyself art dust. Matthew Prior.

   He modestly conjectures,
   His pupil might be tir’d with lectures,
   Which help’d to mortify his pride. Jonathan Swift.

   4. To macerate or harrass the body to compliance with the mind.

   We mortify ourselves with fish, and think we fare coarsely if we abstain from flesh. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   Mortify’d he was to that degree,
   A poorer than himself he would not see. Dryden.

   5. To humble; to depress; to vex.

   Let my liver rather heat with wine,
   Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. William Shakespeare.

   He is controuled by a nod, mortified by a frown, and transported by a smile. Joseph Addison, Guard. №. 113.

   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. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 256.

2. To Mortifyverb

   1. To gangrene; to corrupt.

   Try it with capon laid abroad, to see whether it will mortify and become tender sooner; or with dead flies with water cast upon them, to see whether it will putrefy. Francis Bacon.

   2. To be subdued; to die away.

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1. mortify

   To mortify means to cause someone to feel extreme embarrassment or shame. It can also refer to the act of subduing bodily desires or self-discipline through abstinence or self-inflicted pain, especially for religious reasons.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mortifyverb

   to destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in

2. Mortifyverb

   to destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action

3. Mortifyverb

   to deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble

4. Mortifyverb

   to affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress

5. Mortifyverb

   to lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene

6. Mortifyverb

   to practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline

7. Mortifyverb

   to be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc

8. Etymology: [OE. mortifien, F. mortifier, fr. L. mortificare; L. mors, mortis, death + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Mortal, and -fy.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mortify

   mor′ti-fī, v.t. to destroy the vital functions of: to subdue by severities and penance: to vex: to humble: (Scots law) to dispose of by mortification.—v.i. to lose vitality, to gangrene: to be subdued:—pa.t. and pa.p. mor′tified.—ns. Mortificā′tion, act of mortifying or state of being mortified: the death of one part of an animal body: a bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living: humiliation: vexation: that which mortifies or vexes: (Scots law) a bequest to some charitable institution; Mor′tifiedness, subjugation of the passions; Mor′tifier, one who mortifies.—adj. Mor′tifying, tending to mortify or humble: humiliating: vexing. [Fr.,—Low L. mortificāre, to cause death to—mors death, facĕre, to make.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mortify in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mortify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mortify
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Mortify
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mortify
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Mortify