To mortify is to shame or humiliate, or to practice self-denial.
(verb)See mortify in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb mortified, mortifying
Origin: ME mortifien < OFr mortifier < LL(Ec) mortificare, to kill, destroy < L mors, death (see mortal) + facere, to make, do
intransitive verb
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verb mor·ti·fied, mor·ti·fy·ing, mor·ti·fies verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English mortifien, to deaden, subdue
Origin: , from Old French mortifier
Origin: , from Latin mortificāre, to kill
Origin: : mors, mort-, death; see mer- in Indo-European roots
Origin: + -ficāre, -fy
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