(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:18:14

Mor"tif"er*ous (?), a. [L. mortifier; mors, mortis, death + ferre to bring: cf. F. mortifere.]

Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as, a mortiferous herb.

Gov. of Tongue.

 

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