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[mawr-tl] 
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–adjective
| 1. | subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to human beings as subject to death; human: this mortal life. |
| 3. | belonging to this world. |
| 4. | deadly or implacable; relentless: a mortal enemy. |
| 5. | severe, dire, grievous, or bitter: in mortal fear. |
| 6. | causing or liable to cause death; fatal: a mortal wound. |
| 7. | to the death: mortal combat. |
| 8. | of or pertaining to death: the mortal hour. |
| 9. | involving spiritual death (opposed to venial ): mortal sin. |
| 10. | long and wearisome. |
| 11. | extreme; very great: in a mortal hurry. |
| 12. | conceivable; possible: of no mortal value to the owners. |
–noun
| 13. | a human being. |
| 14. | the condition of being subject to death. |
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| mor·tal (môr'tl) adj.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mortālis, from mors, mort-, death; see mer- in Indo-European roots.] mor'tal·ly adv. |
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Mortal
Mor"tal\, a. [F. mortel, L. mortalis, from mors, mortis, death, fr. moriri 8die; akin to E. murder. See Murder, and cf. Filemot, Mere a lake, Mortgage.]1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal. 2. Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin. 3. Fatally vulnerable; vital. Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work. --Milton. 4. Of or pertaining to the time of death. Safe in the hand of one disposing Power, Or in the natal or the mortal hour. --Pope. 5. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly. The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright. --Dryden. 6. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power. The voice of God To mortal ear is dreadful. --Milton. 7. Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott. Mortal foe, Mortal enemy, an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction.Mortal
Mor"tal\, n. A being subject to death; a human being; man. "Warn poor mortals left behind." --Tickell.
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Language Translation for : mortal
Spanish:
mortal,
German:
sterblich,
Japanese:
死すべき
mortal (adj.)
c.1368, "deadly," also "doomed to die" (c.1374), from O.Fr. mortel "destined to die," from L. mortalis "subject to death," from mors (gen. mortis) "death," from PIE base *mor-/*mr- "die" (cf. Skt. mrtih "death," Avestan miryeite "dies," O.Pers. martiya- "man," Lith. mirtis "mortal man," Gk. ambrotos "immortal," O.C.S. mrutvu "dead," O.Ir. marb, Welsh marw "died," O.E. morþ "murder"). The noun meaning "mortal thing or substance" is first recorded 1526. Mortality "condition of being mortal" is attested from 1340. In the sense of "loss of life on a large scale" it is from c.1400; as "number of deaths in a given period" it is first recorded 1645.
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Main Entry: mor·tal
Pronunciation: 'mort-&l
Function: adjective
1 : having caused or being about to cause death :
2 : of, relating to, or connected with death <mortal agony>
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mortal mor·tal (môr'tl)
adj.
- Liable or subject to death.
- Causing death; fatal.
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