ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED.]
† 1. Rendered dead, destroyed. Obs.
1617. J. Rider, Dict., Mortuus, amortised, killed.
2. Held in, or as in, mortmain; held in commission.
1628. Reliq. Wotton. (1672), 565. The Vice-Chamberlainship, which yet lyeth amortized in your Noble Friend.
1881. J. A. Farrer, in Contemp. Rev., March, 444. Regulate the conditions of the sale or lease of such amortized property.
