mortifier

English

Alternative forms

• mortifiar (Scots, [17th century])

Etymology

mortify +‎ -er; compare French mortifieur

Noun

mortifier (plural mortifiers)

1. One who, or that which, mortifies

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mortificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁ.ti.fje/

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Verb

mortifier

1. to mortify, humiliate

Conjugation

Conjugation of mortifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	mortifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	mortifiant /mɔʁ.ti.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		mortifié /mɔʁ.ti.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mortifie /mɔʁ.ti.fi/	mortifies /mɔʁ.ti.fi/	mortifie /mɔʁ.ti.fi/	mortifions /mɔʁ.ti.fjɔ̃/	mortifiez /mɔʁ.ti.fje/	mortifient /mɔʁ.ti.fi/
	imperfect	mortifiais /mɔʁ.ti.fjɛ/	mortifiais /mɔʁ.ti.fjɛ/	mortifiait /mɔʁ.ti.fjɛ/	mortifiions /mɔʁ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/	mortifiiez /mɔʁ.ti.fi.je/	mortifiaient /mɔʁ.ti.fjɛ/
	past historic2	mortifiai /mɔʁ.ti.fje/	mortifias /mɔʁ.ti.fja/	mortifia /mɔʁ.ti.fja/	mortifiâmes /mɔʁ.ti.fjam/	mortifiâtes /mɔʁ.ti.fjat/	mortifièrent /mɔʁ.ti.fjɛʁ/
	future	mortifierai /mɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁe/	mortifieras /mɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁa/	mortifiera /mɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁa/	mortifierons /mɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/	mortifierez /mɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁe/	mortifieront /mɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	mortifierais /mɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	mortifierais /mɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	mortifierait /mɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	mortifierions /mɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	mortifieriez /mɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁje/	mortifieraient /mɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	mortifie /mɔʁ.ti.fi/	mortifies /mɔʁ.ti.fi/	mortifie /mɔʁ.ti.fi/	mortifiions /mɔʁ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/	mortifiiez /mɔʁ.ti.fi.je/	mortifient /mɔʁ.ti.fi/
	imperfect2	mortifiasse /mɔʁ.ti.fjas/	mortifiasses /mɔʁ.ti.fjas/	mortifiât /mɔʁ.ti.fja/	mortifiassions /mɔʁ.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/	mortifiassiez /mɔʁ.ti.fja.sje/	mortifiassent /mɔʁ.ti.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mortifie /mɔʁ.ti.fi/	—	mortifions /mɔʁ.ti.fjɔ̃/	mortifiez /mɔʁ.ti.fje/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• mortifiant
• mortification

Further reading

• “mortifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

Latin mortificō.

Verb

mortifier

1. (chiefly figuratively) to kill; to render dead
   • 1586, Henry Suso, Oeuvres spirituelles, page 21:

     mortifier en nous toute sensualité

     kill in us all sensuality

2. to mortify (discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of mortifier

infinitive	simple	mortifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	mortifiant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		mortifié
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mortifie	mortifies	mortifie	mortifions	mortifiez	mortifient
	imperfect	mortifiois, mortifioys	mortifiois, mortifioys	mortifioit, mortifioyt	mortifiions, mortifiyons	mortifiiez, mortifiyez	mortifioient, mortifioyent
	past historic	mortifia	mortifias	mortifia	mortifiasmes	mortifiastes	mortifierent
	future	mortifierai, mortifieray	mortifieras	mortifiera	mortifierons	mortifierez	mortifieront
	conditional	mortifierois, mortifieroys	mortifierois, mortifieroys	mortifieroit, mortifieroyt	mortifierions, mortifieryons	mortifieriez, mortifieryez	mortifieroient, mortifieroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	mortifie	mortifies	mortifie	mortifions	mortifiez	mortifient
	imperfect	mortifiasse	mortifiasses	mortifiast	mortifiassions	mortifiassiez	mortifiassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mortifie	—	mortifions	mortifiez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• → English: mortify
• French: mortifier

Old French

Etymology

Latin mortificō.

Verb

mortifier

1. to kill; to render dead

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of mortifier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mortifier			avoir mortifïé
gerund		en mortifiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		mortifiant
past participle		mortifïé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mortifi	mortifïes	mortifïe	mortifions	mortifïez	mortifïent
	imperfect	mortifioie, mortifïeie, mortifioe, mortifïeve	mortifioies, mortifïeies, mortifioes, mortifïeves	mortifioit, mortifïeit, mortifiot, mortifïeve	mortifiiiens, mortifiiens	mortifiiiez, mortifiiez	mortifioient, mortifïeient, mortifioent, mortifïevent
	preterite	mortifiai	mortifias	mortifia	mortifiames	mortifiastes	mortifïerent
	future	mortifïerai	mortifïeras	mortifïera	mortifïerons	mortifïeroiz, mortifïereiz, mortifïerez	mortifïeront
	conditional	mortifïeroie, mortifïereie	mortifïeroies, mortifïereies	mortifïeroit, mortifïereit	mortifïeriiens, mortifïeriens	mortifïeriiez, mortifïeriez	mortifïeroient, mortifïereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	mortifi	mortifis	mortifit	mortifions	mortifïez	mortifïent
	imperfect	mortifiasse	mortifiasses	mortifiast	mortifiissons, mortifiissiens	mortifiissoiz, mortifiissez, mortifiissiez	mortifiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	mortifïe	—	mortifions	mortifïez	—

Descendants

• → English: mortify
• French: mortifier