I.to kill, destroy (eccl. Lat.): “caro mortificatur,” Tert. Res. Carn. 37.—Transf., to mortify, subject, reduce to weakness: “membra,” Vulg. Col. 3, 5: “facta carnis,” id. Rom. 8, 13; cf. id. ib. 7, 4.
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mortĭfĭco , 1, v. a. mortificus,