mortal

[Mor·tal]

You are a mortal because you are mortal. This means that you are an individual destined to die because you are susceptible to death.

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Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

Noun
a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

Adjective S.
causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"

Adjective
subject to death; "mortal beings"

a.
Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

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

a.
Fatally vulnerable; vital.

a.
Of or pertaining to the time of death.

a.
Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.

a.
Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power.

a.
Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours.

n.
A being subject to death; a human being; man.

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.

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.

5. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.

The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright.

6. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power.

The voice of God To mortal ear is dreadful.

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

Mor"tal, n. A being subject to death; a human being; man. "Warn poor mortals left behind." Tickell.

Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

A being subject to death; a human being; man.

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Usage Examples

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.

And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

Disease is an experience of a so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body.

Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others.

All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people born to liberty. That they retain the capacity for self-government. That, addressed as free-born, autonomous men and women of God-given dignity, they will rise yet again to drive back a mortal enemy.

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Other Usage Examples

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.

If kind parents love their children and delight in their happiness, then he who is perfect goodness in sending abroad mortal contagions doth assuredly direct their use.

I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science.

If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited.

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.