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