mortify

[mor·ti·fy]

To mortify someone is to cause them extreme embarrassment. Your mother may not have been trying to mortify you when she showed up at your senior prom with a bunch of unicorn balloons, but she did.

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

Verb
undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"

Verb
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

Verb
hold within limits and control; "subdue one''s appetites"; "mortify the flesh"

Verb
practice self-denial of one''s body and appetites

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.

Mortify

Mor"ti*fy , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mortified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mortifying .] [OE. mortifien, F. mortifier, fr. L. mortificare; L. mors, mortis, death + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Mortal, and -fy.] 1. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in. 2. To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine.

He mortified pearls in vinegar.

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

With fasting mortified, worn out with tears.

Mortify thy learned lust.

Mortify, rherefore, your members which are upon the earth.

4. To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.

The news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which exceedingly mortified our expectations.

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!

Mortify

Mor"ti*fy, v. i. 1. To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene. 2. To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.

This makes him ... give alms of all that he hath, watch, fast, and mortify.

3. To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.

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

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

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