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Webster 1913 Edition
Mortifier
Mor′ti-fiˊer
,Noun.
One who, or that which, mortifies.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mortifier
MOR'TIFIER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
mortifier
mortifier
English
Alternative forms
- mortifiar (Scots, [17th century])
Noun
mortifier (plural mortifiers)
- One who, or that which, mortifies.
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
mortifier
- (chiefly figuratively) to kill; to render dead
- 1586, Henry Suso, Oeuvres spirituelles, page 21:
- mortifier en nous toute sensualité
- kill in us all sensuality
- mortifier en nous toute sensualité
- 1586, Henry Suso, Oeuvres spirituelles, page 21:
- to mortify (discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of mortifier
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mortifier | avoir mortifié | |||||
| gerund | en mortifiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | mortifiant | ||||||
| past participle | mortifié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | mortifie | mortifies | mortifie | mortifions | mortifiez | mortifient |
| imperfect | mortifiois, mortifioys | mortifiois, mortifioys | mortifioit, mortifioyt | mortifiions, mortifiyons | mortifiiez, mortifiyez | mortifioient, mortifioyent | |
| past historic | mortifia | mortifias | mortifia | mortifiasmes | mortifiastes | mortifierent | |
| future | mortifierai, mortifieray | mortifieras | mortifiera | mortifierons | mortifierez | mortifieront | |
| conditional | mortifierois, mortifieroys | mortifierois, mortifieroys | mortifieroit, mortifieroyt | mortifierions, mortifieryons | mortifieriez, mortifieryez | mortifieroient, mortifieroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | mortifie | mortifies | mortifie | mortifions | mortifiez | mortifient |
| imperfect | mortifiasse | mortifiasses | mortifiast | mortifiassions | mortifiassiez | mortifiassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | mortifie | — | mortifions | mortifiez | — | ||
Descendants
Old French
Etymology
Verb
mortifier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of mortifier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mortifier | avoir mortifïé | |||||
| gerund | en mortifiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | mortifiant | ||||||
| past participle | mortifïé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | mortifi | mortifïes | mortifïe | mortifions | mortifïez | mortifïent |
| imperfect | mortifioie, mortifïeie, mortifioe, mortifïeve | mortifioies, mortifïeies, mortifioes, mortifïeves | mortifioit, mortifïeit, mortifiot, mortifïeve | mortifiiiens, mortifiiens | mortifiiiez, mortifiiez | mortifioient, mortifïeient, mortifioent, mortifïevent | |
| preterite | mortifiai | mortifias | mortifia | mortifiames | mortifiastes | mortifïerent | |
| future | mortifïerai | mortifïeras | mortifïera | mortifïerons | mortifïeroiz, mortifïereiz, mortifïerez | mortifïeront | |
| conditional | mortifïeroie, mortifïereie | mortifïeroies, mortifïereies | mortifïeroit, mortifïereit | mortifïeriiens, mortifïeriens | mortifïeriiez, mortifïeriez | mortifïeroient, mortifïereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | mortifi | mortifis | mortifit | mortifions | mortifïez | mortifïent |
| imperfect | mortifiasse | mortifiasses | mortifiast | mortifiissons, mortifiissiens | mortifiissoiz, mortifiissez, mortifiissiez | mortifiassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | mortifïe | — | mortifions | mortifïez | — | ||