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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“Silence a la mort,” replied Laurie, with a melodramatic flourish, as he went away.
From Literature
Tronchin, the Protestant physician from Geneva, who attended him almost to the last, and who was so horrified at what he witnessed that he said, "Pour voir toutes les furies d'Oreste, il n'y avait qu'a se trouver a la mort de Voltaire."
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In “De Chertablon, maniere de se bien preparer à la mort, &c.”
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“La maniere de se bien preparer à la mort, par M. de Chertablon.”
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Chertablon, “Maniere de se bien preparer à la mort,” 177.
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