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   Mortal , 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.]
   Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.
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   Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.
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   Fatally vulnerable; vital.
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   Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work.
   Milton.
   
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   Of or pertaining to the time of death.
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   Safe in the hand of one disposing Power,
   Or in the natal or the mortal hour.
   Pope.
   
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   Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
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   The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright.
   Dryden.
   
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   Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power.
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   The voice of God
   To mortal ear is dreadful.
   Milton.
   
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   Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours. [Colloq.]
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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   Mortal foe, Mortal enemy, an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction.
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   Mortal, n. A being subject to death; a human being; man. “Warn poor mortals left behind.”  
   Tickell.
   
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