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

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 mortality. Carew.

To make mortal. [R.]

In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded.

Quality of being mortal; mortality.

Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance. Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible. 1 Tim. i. 17. For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself Shak.

One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

The quality or state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existance; as, the immortality of the soul. This mortal must put on immortality. 1 Cor. xv. 53.

The act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized.

To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever. S. Clarke.

In an immortal manner.

A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

To the death; mortally.

The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

Immorality; also, the nectar conferring immortality. -- a. Ambrosial; immortal.

choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.

two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.

The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.

he act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak.

The quality of being deathless; immortality.