Available Definitions:
1) - imp. & p. p. of Mortify.
2) v. t. - To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.
3) v. t. - To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble.
4) v. t. - To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
5) v. i. - To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.
6) v. i. - To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
7) v. i. - To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.