# mortify

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/

## Definitions
1. To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
2. To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
3. To kill.
4. To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
5. To affect with vexation or chagrin.
6. To scare.
7. To humble; to depress.
8. To grant in mortmain.
9. To lose vitality.
10. To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.
11. To gangrene.
12. To be subdued.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman mortifier, Middle French mortifier, from Late Latin mortificō (“cause death”), from Latin mors (“death”) + -ficō (“-fy”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mortify