Mortal

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Fatally vulnerable; vital.

II. Mortal ·adj Of or pertaining to the time of death.

III. Mortal ·adj Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.

IV. Mortal ·noun A being subject to death; a human being; man.

V. Mortal ·adj Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

VI. Mortal ·adj Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours.

VII. Mortal ·adj Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power.

VIII. Mortal ·adj Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.

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