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mortal
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Angels & Demons
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- An aging ghost, he thought, cruelly reminded that his youthful spirit was living in a mortal shell.†
Chpt 1
- Nonmortal force only.†
Chpt 57-58nonmortal = not humanstandard prefix: The prefix "non-" in nonmortal means not and reverses the meaning of mortal. This is the same pattern you see in words like nonfat, nonfiction, and nonprofit.
- Nonmortal procurement.†
Chpt 57-58
- The prostrate bodies seemed to emerge from within the tombs, pressing upward against the marble lids as if trying to escape their mortal restraints.†
Chpt 85-86 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(mortal as in: mortal body) human (especially merely human); or subject to death
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(2)
(mortal as in: a mortal wound) causing death
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(3)
(mortal as in: felt mortal agony) extreme or intense
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)