mortify vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
1 to humiliate or cause to feel shame
2 (Christianity) to subdue and bring under control by self-denial, disciplinary exercises, etc.
3 to undergo tissue death or become gangrenous
(C14: via Old French from Church Latin mortificare to put to death, from Latin mors death + facere to do)
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mortifier n
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mortifying adj
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mortifyingly adv