Mortify

1. v. i. To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.
2. v. t. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.
3. v. t. To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.
4. v. t. To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble.
5. v. t. To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
6. v. i. To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.
7. v. i. To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.