mortify

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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

Έννοιες

ταπεινώνω

καταβιβάζω

μειώνώ

καταδέχομαι

κατεβάζω

μειώνω

χαμηλώνω

πικραίνω

σαπίζω

απονεκρώνω

εξευτελίζω

νεκρώ

Απέναντι από
dignify, honor
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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

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