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mortify (verb):
transitive verb
1: to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame
2: to subdue or deaden (the body, bodily appetites, etc.) especially by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort
3 obsolete : to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning of
intransitive verb
1: to practice mortification
2: to become necrotic or gangrenous
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Mortify once actually meant "put to death", but no longer. Its "deaden" sense is most familiar to us in the phrase "mortifying the flesh", which refers to a custom once followed by devout Christians, who would starve themselves, deprive themselves of every comfort, and even whip themselves in order to subdue their bodily desires and punish themselves for their sins. But the most common use of mortify today is the "humiliate" sense; its connection with death is still apparent when we speak of "dying of embarrassment".
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