eng: mortify

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Meaning
means	(verb) practice self-denial of one's body and appetites mortify
means	(verb) hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh" subdue, crucify, mortify
means	(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" humble, humiliate, chagrin, abase, mortify
means	(verb) undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed" gangrene, mortify, sphacelate, necrose