Definition of: mortify

(mōr′tə·fī) v. ·fled, ·fy·ing v.t.
1. To affect with humiliation, shame, or chagrin; humiliate.
2. To discipline or punish (the body, passions, etc.) by fasting, penance, or other ascetic practices.
3. Pathol. To cause mortification in (a part of the body).
—v.i.
4. To practice ascetic self–discipline.
5. Pathol. To undergo mortification; become gangrenous. [<OF mortifier <LL mortificare <L mors, mortis death + facere make]
—mor′ti·fi′er noun
—mor′ti·fy′ing·ly adverb