mortify: Meaning and Definition of

mor•ti•fy

1. to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
2. to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering.
3. to affect with gangrene or necrosis.

1. to practice mortification or disciplinary austerities.
2. to undergo mortification; become gangrened or necrosed.