à la mort
Americanadjective
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mortally ill.
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melancholy; dispirited.
adverb
Etymology
Origin of à la mort
Literally, “to the death”
Example Sentences
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“La maniere de se bien preparer à la mort, par M. de Chertablon.”
From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis
"Amort" is said to be a corruption of à la mort.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
C’est qu’il faut penser à la mort, Tout vistement pliés bagage, Car il faut faire ce voyage.
From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis
"Hélas! la pauvre femme! elle ne voit personne, elle est malade à la mort."
From A Wife's Duty A Tale by Opie, Amelia Alderson
“Then I know them: à la vie et à la mort; is it not so?”
From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John
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