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I myself an mortgaged to thy will.

Mort`ga*gee" (?), n. (Law)
The person to whom property is mortgaged, or to whom a mortgage
is made or given.

{ Mort"gage*or, Mort"ga*gor } (?),
n. (Law) One who gives a
mortgage.

&fist; The letter e is required analogically after the
second g in order to soften it; but the spelling
mortgagor is in fact the prevailing form. When the word is
contradistinguished from mortgagee it is accented on the last
syllable (-jôr").

Mort"ga*ger (?), n. (Law)
One who gives a mortgage.

Mor"tif"er*ous (?), a. [L.
mortifier; mors, mortis, death + ferre to
bring: cf. F. mortifère.] Bringing or producing
death; deadly; destructive; as, a mortiferous herb.
Gov. of Tongue.

Mor`ti*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [F., fr. L.
mortificatio a killing. See Mortify.]
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