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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fatally vulnerable; vital. [ 1913 Webster ]

Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Of or pertaining to the time of death. [ 1913 Webster ]

Safe in the hand of one disposing Power,
Or in the natal or the mortal hour. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power. [ 1913 Webster ]

The voice of God
To mortal ear is dreadful. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours. [ Colloq. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mortal foe,
Mortal enemy, an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A being subject to death; a human being; man. “Warn poor mortals left behind.” Tickell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mortalitas: cf. F. mortalité. ] 1. The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying. [ 1913 Webster ]

When I saw her die,
I then did think on your mortality. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Human life; the life of a mortal being. [ 1913 Webster ]

From this instant
There 's nothing serious in mortality. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human race; humanity; human nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

Take these tears, mortality's relief. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Death; destruction. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population, or to a specific number of the population; death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bill of mortality. See under Bill. --
Law of mortality, a mathematical relation between the numbers living at different ages, so that from a given large number of persons alive at one age, it can be computed what number are likely to survive a given number of years. --
Table of mortality, a table exhibiting the average relative number of persons who survive, or who have died, at the end of each year of life, out of a given number supposed to have been born at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mortalized p. pr. & vb. n. Mortalizing ] To make mortal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was mortally brought forth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing death; desperately; as, mortally jealous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adrian mortally envied poets, painters, and artificers, in works wherein he had a vein to excel. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being mortal; mortality. [ 1913 Webster ]