Found 2 hits - Term: mortal enemy, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : 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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see also:
murder filemot mere mortgage mortal foe mortal enemy
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mortal enemy
n : an enemy who wants to kill you
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