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unˈmortified, ppl. a.
[un-1 8, 5 b.]
1. Not spiritually mortified or subdued:
a. Of passions, desires, etc.
c1450tr. De Imitatione i. iii. 5 What lettiþ þe more..þan þin unmortified affeccion of herte? 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus ii. 12 These lusts are fitter for the course of nature vnmortified. 1671Woodhead St. Teresa ii. xii. 101 Their passions are unmortified. a1695Z. Cradock Serm. Charity (1740) 18 His yet unmortified Lusts and Passions. 1748Hartley Observ. Man ii. iv. §4. 415 He finds many unmortified Desires..in his best Words and Actions. 1857S. Winkworth tr. Life Tauler 390 He who wishes to..subdue such an unmortified nature.
b. Of persons (or the heart).
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 160 Y⊇ unmortified herte hath not the housholde of y⊇ soule in suche peace. 1641Milton Animadv. 57 Unconfessing and unmortify'd sinners. 1691Hartcliffe Virtues 210 As thou wouldst not demonstrate thy self to be a rash and unmortified Person. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. xxi. 127 By his soul (the unmortified creature swore,)..he was now in earnest in his good resolutions. Ibid. 166 An unmortified libertine. 1894Hedley Retreat xviii. 207 No one can be relaxed, unmortified, and lazy, and at the same time desire to love God with..a whole heart.
2. Sc. Law. Not disposed of by mortification.
1467Sc. Acts, Jas. III (1814) II. 90 Þe soume..to be Raisit of all lordis,..and vþeris quhatsumeuer hafand land vtouth burgh vnmortifijt.
3. Not affected by gangrene.
1732Monro Anat. (ed. 2) 18 An unmortified Part..can have Nerves.., and yet enjoy no Sensation.
Hence unˈmortifiedness.
1643T. Goodwin Trial Christian's Growth ii. iii. (1651) 73 This argues much unmortifyednesse, though it run not out into acts. a1677Manton Disc. Peace Wks. 1871 II. 66 The more men increase in grace..the more they know their emptiness, unmortifiedness, and manifold sins. 1727Biog. Presbyt. (1827) I. 338, I have seen some..become fearful Examples of Apostacy, in Covetousness and Unmortifiedness. |