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Word: Mortal
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin mortalis, from mors, mort- ‘death’
ˈmɔːtl
(of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death
Short Definition:(of human) subject to death
Examples:- all men are mortal
causing or liable to cause death; fatal
Short Definition:causing death
Examples:- a mortal disease
- he has struck a mortal blow to the security of society
denoting a grave sin that is regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace.
Short Definition:denoting grave sin
Examples:- she had committed a mortal sin
conceivable or imaginable
Short Definition:conceivable or imaginable
Examples:- he knew every mortal thing you did
Word: Mortal
Speech Type: Noun
ˈmɔːtl
a human being subject to death, as opposed to a divine being
Short Definition:human being
Examples:- capacities only possible of God rather than mortals
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