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Webster 1913 Edition

Mortiferous

Mor′tif′er-ous

,

Adj.

[L.

mortifier

;

mors

,

mortis

, death +

ferre

to bring: cf. F.

mortifère

.]

Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive;

as, a

mortiferous

herb

.

Gov. of Tongue.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mortiferous

MORTIF'EROUS

,

Adj.

[L. mortifer; mors, death, and fero, to bring.]

Bringing or producing death; deadly; fatal; destructive.