MORTIFY

vi to be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, ·etc.

2. mortify ·vt to destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

3. mortify ·vt to destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.

4. mortify ·vi to practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.

5. mortify ·vi to lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.

6. mortify ·vt to affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.

7. mortify ·vt to deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble.