— mortifiedly , adv. — mortifier , n. — mortifyingly , adv.
/mawr"teuh fuy'/ , v. , mortified, mortifying .
v.t.
1. to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
2. to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering.
3. Pathol. to affect with gangrene or necrosis.
v.i.
4. to practice mortification or disciplinary austerities.
5. Pathol. to undergo mortification; become gangrened or necrosed.
[ 1350-1400; ME mortifien mortifier mortificare to put to death, equiv. to L morti- (s. of mors ) death + -ficare -FY ]
Syn. 1. humble, abase. 2. subdue, restrain.