: to subdue or deaden (the body, bodily appetites, etc.) especially by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort. mortified his body for spiritual purification. 3. obsolete : to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning of. intransitive verb. 1. : to practice mortification. 2. : to become necrotic or gangrenous. More @Wikipedia
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