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mortify
IPA(Pronunciation)
Verb
transitive
used passively
usually
obsolete
Scotland
historical
intransitive
Japanese Meaning
自らの体や欲望を制御するために禁欲的な行動を実践する / (通常受動的に使われ、)人を恥ずかしい思いにさせる、屈辱を与える
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(transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. / (transitive, usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.
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mortify
Every Lent he would mortify his body by fasting and abstaining from wine to cultivate spiritual discipline.
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Every Lent he would mortify his body by fasting and abstaining from wine to cultivate spiritual discipline.
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