1. (a.) Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

2. (a.) Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.

3. (a.) Fatally vulnerable; vital.

4. (a.) of or pertaining to the time of death.

5. (a.) Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.

6. (a.) Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power.

7. (a.) Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours.

8. (n.) A being subject to death; a human being; man.