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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary mor·ti·fy (-fied ; -fy·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English mortifien, from Anglo-French mortifier, from Late Latin mortificare, from Latin mort-, mors DATE 14th century transitive verb 1. obsolete : to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning of 2. to subdue or deaden (as the body or bodily appetites) especially by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort 3. to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame intransitive verb 1. to practice mortification 2. to become necrotic or gangrenous English Etymology mortify late 14c., "to kill," from O.Fr . mortifier, from L.L. mortificare"cause death," from mortificus "producing death," from L. mors(gen. mortis) "death" (see mortal) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Religious sense of "to subdue the flesh by abstinence and discipline" first attested early 15c. Sense of "humiliate" first recorded 1640s (in mortification). Related: Mortified; mortifying.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 mortify mor·tify / 5mC:tifai; NAmE 5mC:rt- / verb (mor·ti·fies, mor·ti·fy·ing, mor·ti·fied, mor·ti·fied) [usually passive] to make sb feel very ashamed or embarrassed 使难堪；使羞愧 SYN humiliate :
▪ [VN to inf] She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said. 她意识到自己的每句话都被他听到了,直羞得无地自容。 ▪ [also VN , VN that] • mor·ti·fi·ca·tion / 7mC:tifi5keiFn; NAmE 7mC:rt- / noun [U] • mor·ti·fy·ing adj.: How mortifying to have to apologize to him! 要向他道歉,多难为情啊！ Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged mor·ti·fy \ˈmȯ(r)d.əˌfī, -(r)tə-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Middle English mortifien, from Middle French mortifier, from Late Latin mortificare to mortify, kill, from Latin morti- (from mort-, mors death) + -ficare -fy transitive verb 1. obsolete a. : to put to death : destroy < if ye through the spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live — Rom 8:13 (Authorized Version) > b. : to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning of : deaden the effect of < the tendons were mortified and … he could never have the use of his leg — Daniel Defoe > < the knowledge of future evils mortifies present felicities — Sir Thomas Browne > 2. : to subdue or deaden (as the body or bodily appetites) by abstinence, self-discipline, or self-inflicted pain or discomfort < the flesh tended to corruption, and to achieve the pious ends of life one must mortify it … lessening its appetites by fasting and abstention — Lewis Mumford > < one is taught in the noviceship to mortify one's palate at least once during every meal — Monica Baldwin > 3. Scots law : to grant in mortmain for religious, charitable, or public uses < to administer and manage the whole revenue and property of the University including funds mortified for bursaries and other purposes — Edinburgh University Cal. > 4. obsolete : to make (meat) tender by aging 5. : to subject to or cause to feel embarrassment, chagrin, or vexation : humiliate < it would mortify me that you shouldn't be perfectly dressed — W.S.Maugham > < was no longer mortified by comparisons between her sisters' beauty and her own — Jane Austen > intransitive verb 1. : to practice mortification : lead an ascetic life < a sort of mammoth lay monastery relieved of the obligation to mortify — James Binder > 2. : to lose organic structure : become gangrenous : decay |
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