meaning of mortify
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.
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.
4. To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
5. To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.
6. To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
7. To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.
Related Words
mortify | mortifying | mortifyingly |
