† amortifyv.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin amortificare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin amortificare, admortificare to alienate in mortmain (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin ad- ad- prefix + post-classical Latin mortificare mortify v. Compare earlier amortize v.Compare Dutch †amortificeeren to amortize (1542). Compare also Anglo-Norman amortefier to deaden (13th cent. or earlier in medical contexts).

Law. Obsolete.

transitive. To transfer (property) to a corporation in mortmain (mortmain n. 1); = amortize v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > alienate in mortmain

amortize1395

mortise?a1425

enmortise1439

mortmain1530

amortify1556

1556 in Statutes at Large, Ireland (1786) I. 264 All rents services due or going out of eny the said lands, or tenements, or hereditaments, soo to be amortified as is aforesaid.

a1628 J. Doddridge Compleat Parson (1630) vi. 34 An Advowson may be amortified to a Church or Chappell.

Derivatives

amortifying n. rare

ΚΠ

1742 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Amortization..the Act of Amortifying.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019).

单词	amortify
释义	† amortifyv. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin amortificare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin amortificare, admortificare to alienate in mortmain (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin ad- ad- prefix + post-classical Latin mortificare mortify v. Compare earlier amortize v.Compare Dutch †amortificeeren to amortize (1542). Compare also Anglo-Norman amortefier to deaden (13th cent. or earlier in medical contexts). Law. Obsolete. transitive. To transfer (property) to a corporation in mortmain (mortmain n. 1); = amortize v. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > alienate in mortmain amortize1395 mortise?a1425 enmortise1439 mortmain1530 amortify1556 1556 in Statutes at Large, Ireland (1786) I. 264 All rents services due or going out of eny the said lands, or tenements, or hereditaments, soo to be amortified as is aforesaid. a1628 J. Doddridge Compleat Parson (1630) vi. 34 An Advowson may be amortified to a Church or Chappell. Derivatives amortifying n. rare ΚΠ 1742 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Amortization..the Act of Amortifying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019). < v.1556
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