Mortify

To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.

To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble.

To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.

To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.

To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.

To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.

practice self-denial of one's body and appetites