mortifies is a form of:
Mortify
verb — past tense: mortified ; past participle: mortified ; present participle: mortifying ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to humiliate greatly, to subdue by discipline or selfdenial, (of flesh) to become gangrene) mortify their pride ធ្វើអោយ អាប់មុខ, បំបាក់មុខ
Example: It mortifies me to forget the name of a person I am introducing.mortify one's body ប្រព្រឹត្ដអត្ដកិលកម្ម
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: mortified ; past participle: mortified ; present participle: mortifying ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.