mortal

Definitions


[ˈmɔːtl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death
(e.g: all men are mortal)

- causing or liable to cause death; fatal
(e.g: a mortal disease)

- denoting a grave sin that is regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace
(e.g: she had committed a mortal sin)

- conceivable or imaginable
(e.g: he knew every mortal thing you did)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin mortalis, from mors, mort- ‘death’


[ˈmɔːtl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a human being subject to death, as opposed to a divine being
(e.g: capacities only possible of God rather than mortals)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin mortalis, from mors, mort- ‘death’




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