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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a human being;
- Example: "there was too much for one person to do"
[syn: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul]


ADJECTIVE (4)

1. subject to death;
- Example: "mortal beings"

2. involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death;
- Example: "the seven deadly sins"
[syn: deadly, mortal(a)]

3. unrelenting and deadly;
- Example: "mortal enemy"

4. causing or capable of causing death;
- Example: "a fatal accident"
- Example: "a deadly enemy"
- Example: "mortal combat"
- Example: "a mortal illness"
[syn: deadly, deathly, mortal]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mortal \Mor"tal\, n.
   A being subject to death; a human being; man. "Warn poor
   mortals left behind." --Tickell.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mortal \Mor"tal\, 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.
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   2. 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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   3. 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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   4. 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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   5. 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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   6. 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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   7. 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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mortal
    adj 1: subject to death; "mortal beings" [ant: immortal]
    2: involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven
       deadly sins" [syn: deadly, mortal(a)]
    3: unrelenting and deadly; "mortal enemy"
    4: causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a
       deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" [syn:
       deadly, deathly, mortal]
    n 1: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
         [syn: person, individual, someone, somebody,
         mortal, soul]