Associations to the word «Mortify»

MORTIFY, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To kill. [14th–17th c.]

MORTIFY, verb. (obsolete) To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize. [14th–18th c.]

MORTIFY, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic. [15th–18th c.]

MORTIFY, verb. To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. [from 15th c.]

MORTIFY, verb. (usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity. [from 17th c.]

MORTIFY, verb. (obsolete) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.

MORTIFY, verb. (Scotland) (legal) (historical) To grant in mortmain

MORTIFY, verb. Practice self-denial of one's body and appetites.

MORTIFY, verb. Hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh".

MORTIFY, verb. Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss".

MORTIFY, verb. Undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed".