mortify

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Synonyms: fortify

Antonyms: fortify

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[discipline]] (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise [[abstinence]] on. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|transitive|usually|used passively}} To [[injure]] the [[dignity]] of; to [[embarrass]]; to [[humiliate]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To [[kill]]. {{defdate|14th–17th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To reduce the [[potency]] of; to [[nullify]]; to [[deaden]], [[neutralize]]. {{defdate|14th–18th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To affect with vexation or chagrin.
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[scare#Verb|scare]].
7. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To humble; to depress.
8. {{lb|en|transitive|Scots law|historical}} To grant in [[mortmain]].<!-- ([http://www.dsl.ac.uk/getent4.php?plen=5907&startset=25966308&dtext=snd&query=MORTIFY DSL])-->
9. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To lose [[vitality]].
10. {{lb|en|archaic|transitive}} To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make [[necrotic]]. {{defdate|15th–18th c.}}
11. {{lb|en|archaic|intransitive}} To [[gangrene]].
12. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be [[subdue]]d.

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