mortifier

[Eng. mortify; -er.] One who or that which mortifies. mor-ti-fy, *mor-ti-fie, v . t . & i . [Fr. mortifier , from Lat. mortifico to cause death: mors (gen it. mort is)=death, and facio =to make, to cause.] A. Transitive : I. Ordinary Language : 1. To destroy the vital functions of. [II. 2.] *2. To destroy the active powers of; to dull, to deaden. "Sothly the good werkes that he did before that he fell in dedly sinne, ben all mortified ."-Chaucer: Per sones Tale . *3. To render apathetic or insensible. "Strike in their numbed and mortified bare arms Pins." Shakesp.: Lear , ii. 3. 4. To subdue, restrain, or bring into subjection by abstinence, penance, or austere living; to subdue by ascetic discipline, and regimen. IMG:content-1414.png:[blocks in formation] mor-tis câu-şa, phr. [Lat.=for the reason or cause of death.] Scots Law : A phrase applied deed granted in contemplation of death, and which is not to take effect until after the grantor's death