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1.VerbTo discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}"Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body."
2.VerbTo injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate."I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again."
3.VerbTo kill.
4.VerbTo reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
5.VerbTo affect with vexation or chagrin."He seemed to enjoy mortifying them with news of every fresh hell loosed in the capital."
6.VerbTo scare."Please don't mortify your mother by telling her what a stupidly dangerous thing you did last night."
7.VerbTo humble; to depress.
8.VerbTo grant in mortmain.
9.VerbTo lose vitality.
10.VerbTo kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.
11.VerbTo gangrene.
12.VerbTo be subdued.