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English to English verb
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practice self-denial of one's body and appetites |  | source: wordnet30
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hold within limits and control | | Example: subdue one's appetites
mortify the flesh
source: wordnet30
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cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | | Example: He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
source: wordnet30
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undergo necrosis | | Example: the tissue around the wound necrosed
source: wordnet30
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To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in. | | source: webster1913
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To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene. | | source: webster1913
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