Mortal Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

mortal adj
1. subject to death; "mortal beings" [ant: immortal]
2. involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins" [syn: deadly, mortal(a)]
3. unrelenting and deadly; "mortal enemy" [syn: mortal(a)]
4. causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" [syn: deadly, deathly] n : a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" [syn: person, individual, someone, somebody, human, soul]

Mortal Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mortal \Mor"tal\, n. A being subject to death; a human being; man. ``Warn poor

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* I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music. - George Eliot

* Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass Life's goal. - Sophocles

* The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window. - Stephen King


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