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mortify verb

  /ˈmoɹtɪfaɪ/ , /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/
  • (transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. [from 15th c.]
  • (transitive, usually, used passively) To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate. [from 17th c.]
 mortificare
  • (obsolete, transitive) To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize. [14th–18th c.]
  • (archaic, transitive) To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic. [15th–18th c.]
 soffocare

mortifying

mortificante

mortified

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