Meanings (ES + gloss)
mortificar
To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body.
With fasting mortify'd, worn out with tears.
mortificar
To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again.
Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instea…
matar
To kill.
The second Spring after transplanting, purge them of all superfluous shoots and scions, reserving only the most towardly for the future stem; this to be done yearly, as long as the…
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