verb (v)

• practice self-denial of one's body and appetites(verb.emotion)

  source: wordnet30
• hold within limits and control(verb.emotion)

  Example:
  Mortify the flesh.
  

  Synonym:
  crucify, subdue
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of(verb.emotion)

  Synonym:
  abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate
  

  source: wordnet30
• undergo necrosis(verb.body)

  Synonym:
  gangrene, necrose, sphacelate
  

  source: wordnet30
• To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.(verb)

  source: webster1913