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Webster 1913 Edition
Mortality
Mor-tal′i-ty
,Noun.
[L.
mortalitas
: cf. F. mortalité
.] 1.
The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying.
When I saw her die,
I then did think on your
I then did think on your
mortality
. Carew.
2.
Human life; the life of a mortal being.
From this instant
There ’s nothing serious in
There ’s nothing serious in
mortality
. Shakespeare
3.
Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human race; humanity; human nature.
Take these tears,
mortality's
relief. Pope.
4.
Death; destruction.
Shak.
5.
The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population, or to a specific number of the population; death rate;
as, a time of great, or low,
mortality
; the mortality
among the settlers was alarming.Bill of mortality
. See under
– Bill
. Law of mortality
, a mathematical relation between the numbers living at different ages, so that from a given large number of persons alive at one age, it can be computed what number are likely to survive a given number of years.
– Table of mortality
, a table exhibiting the average relative number of persons who survive, or who have died, at the end of each year of life, out of a given number supposed to have been born at the same time.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mortality
MORTAL'ITY
,Noun.
When I saw her die,
I then did think on your mortality.
1.
Death. Gladly would I meet
Mortality, my sentence.
2.
Frequency of death; actual death of great numbers of men or beasts; as a time of great mortality.3.
Human nature. Take these tears, mortality's relief.
4.
Power of destruction. Mortality and mercy in Vienna,
Live in thy tongue and heart.