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root((MOR/MORT))
mortality
1、 The quality or state of being alive and therefore certain to die.
2、 The number of deaths that occur in a particular time or place.
🌱Mortality rates were highest among those who those who lived closest to the plant. 🌳Young people tend to assume they will never die; but a person's sense of his or her mortality generally increases year by year, and often increases greatly after a serious accident or illness. Still, many people refuse to change behaviors that would improve their chances of living into old age. Mortality rates are calculated by government agencies, insurance companies, and medical researchers. Infant mortality rates （the rate at which infants die in childbirth） provide a good indicator of a country's overall health; in recent years, the rates in countries like Iceland, Singapore, and Japan have been much better than in the U.S. moribund 1、 In the process of dying or approaching death.
2、 Inactive or becoming outmoded.
🌱Church attendance in Britain has fallen in recent years, but no one would say the Anglican church is moribund. 🌳Moribund is still sometimes used in its original literal sense of "approaching death," but it's much more often used to describe things. When the economy goes bad, we hear about moribund mills and factories and towns; the economy itself may even be called moribund. Critics may speak of the moribund state of poetry, or lament the moribund record or newspaper industry. amortize To pay off （something such as a mortgage） by making small payments over a period of time.
🌱For tax purposes, they chose to amortize most of the business's start-up costs over a three-year period. 🌳Amortize is most common as a legal term, and many of us first come across it when we take out a mortgage or start a business. Financial officers and tax lawyers can choose how to legally amortize various types of business expenses, some of which may seem much better than others. In mortgage amortization, much of what you pay month by month is actually interest on the mortgage debt, especially at the beginning. So what does amortizing have to do with death? Basically, to amortize a debt means to "kill" it slowly over time. mortify 1、 To subdue or deaden （the body） especially by self-discipline or self-inflicted pain.
2、 To embarrass greatly.
🌱Our 14-year-old is mortified whenever he sees us dancing, especially if any of his school friends are around. 🌳Mortify once actually meant "put to death," but no longer. Its "deaden" sense is most familiar to us in the phrase "mortifying the flesh," which refers to a custom once followed by devout Christians, who would starve themselves, deprive themselves of every comfort, and even whip themselves in order to subdue their bodily desires and punish themselves for their sins. But the most common use of mortify today is the "humiliate" sense; its connection with death is still apparent when we speak of "dying of embarrassment."
2、 The number of deaths that occur in a particular time or place.
🌱Mortality rates were highest among those who those who lived closest to the plant. 🌳Young people tend to assume they will never die; but a person's sense of his or her mortality generally increases year by year, and often increases greatly after a serious accident or illness. Still, many people refuse to change behaviors that would improve their chances of living into old age. Mortality rates are calculated by government agencies, insurance companies, and medical researchers. Infant mortality rates （the rate at which infants die in childbirth） provide a good indicator of a country's overall health; in recent years, the rates in countries like Iceland, Singapore, and Japan have been much better than in the U.S. moribund 1、 In the process of dying or approaching death.
2、 Inactive or becoming outmoded.
🌱Church attendance in Britain has fallen in recent years, but no one would say the Anglican church is moribund. 🌳Moribund is still sometimes used in its original literal sense of "approaching death," but it's much more often used to describe things. When the economy goes bad, we hear about moribund mills and factories and towns; the economy itself may even be called moribund. Critics may speak of the moribund state of poetry, or lament the moribund record or newspaper industry. amortize To pay off （something such as a mortgage） by making small payments over a period of time.
🌱For tax purposes, they chose to amortize most of the business's start-up costs over a three-year period. 🌳Amortize is most common as a legal term, and many of us first come across it when we take out a mortgage or start a business. Financial officers and tax lawyers can choose how to legally amortize various types of business expenses, some of which may seem much better than others. In mortgage amortization, much of what you pay month by month is actually interest on the mortgage debt, especially at the beginning. So what does amortizing have to do with death? Basically, to amortize a debt means to "kill" it slowly over time. mortify 1、 To subdue or deaden （the body） especially by self-discipline or self-inflicted pain.
2、 To embarrass greatly.
🌱Our 14-year-old is mortified whenever he sees us dancing, especially if any of his school friends are around. 🌳Mortify once actually meant "put to death," but no longer. Its "deaden" sense is most familiar to us in the phrase "mortifying the flesh," which refers to a custom once followed by devout Christians, who would starve themselves, deprive themselves of every comfort, and even whip themselves in order to subdue their bodily desires and punish themselves for their sins. But the most common use of mortify today is the "humiliate" sense; its connection with death is still apparent when we speak of "dying of embarrassment."
MOR/MORT comes from Latin words meaning "to die" and "death." A mortuary is a place where dead bodies are kept until burial, and a postmortem examination is one conducted on a recently dead body. The Latin phrase "Memento mori" means "Remember that you must die"; so a memento mori is the name we give to a reminder of death; the skulls you can find carved on gravestones in old cemeteries are examples.🌸