mortelIze

t. [Eng. mortal; -ize.] To render mortal. "We know you're flesh and blood as well as men, And when we will can mortalise and make you so again." Brome: Plain Dealing. mor-tal-ly, adv . [Eng. mortal ; -ly.] 1. In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; fatally; to death. "Some mortally , some lightly touched." Shakesp.: Cymbeline, v. 3. *2. In the manner of mortal men; like a mortal. "I was mortally brought forth." Shakesp.: Pericles, v. 1. 3. Completely, wholly; in the highest po ible degree; extremely. ( Colloquial .) "Adrian the Emperor mortally envied poets and painters."-Bacon: E ays; Of Envy.