mortify
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Mortify meant to kill, then killed with embarrassment, then embarrassed.
From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)
Mortify yourself then cheerfully, and in proportion as you are prevented from doing the good you desire, do all the more ardently that which you do not desire.
From Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears by Quadrupani, Carlo Giuseppe
"Mortify our passions," keep our bodies under control, do bodily penance.
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.
"Mortify," I need not say, is to make dead, to destroy.
From The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps by Arnold, Thomas
Mortify: a chemical phrase, signifying the dissolution of quicksilver in acid.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
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