Mortify ¹

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

Mortify ²

Definition: To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.

Mortify ³

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

Mortify ⁴

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

Mortify ⁵

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

Mortify ⁶

Definition: To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.

Mortify ⁷

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

mortify ⁸

Definition: undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"

mortify ⁹

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

mortify ¹⁰

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

mortify ¹¹

Definition: practice self-denial of one''s body and appetites