Mortal

mor′tal, adj. liable to die: causing death: deadly: fatal: punishable with death: involving the penalty of spiritual death, as opposed to Venial : extreme, violent, implacable: human: ( coll. ) very great, very long, confounded, very drunk.— n. a human being.— v.t. Mor′talise , to make mortal.— n. Mortal′ity , condition of being mortal: death: frequency or number of deaths, esp. in proportion to population: the human race.— adv. Mor′tally —( coll. ) Mor′tal .— ns. Mort′-cloth , a pall; Mort′-stone , a stone by the wayside on which the bearers lay the bier for a rest during a funeral proce ion.— Bills of mortality , lists of the numbers of those who have died in any place during any given time; Law of mortality , rules founded on experience or calculation, showing what average proportion of those living at the beginning of a given time will be surviving at its close. [Fr.,—L. mortal is — mor i , to die.]