mořit

Pronunciation: [ˈmor̝ɪt]

“mořit” is a Czech word. Its 6 meanings in English:

verb

to torment, to torture
to pester, to plague
to toil
to stain (to coat a wooden surface with a stain)
to pickle (to treat a metal surface to remove impurities)
to disinfect

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech mořiti, from Proto-Slavic *moriti, which is a causative to *merti (“to die”) (i.e. it means "to cause dying"). Compare mořit – Etymology 2, and also mor, smrt, mařit and můra.

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