GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Murder , n. [OE. morder, morther, AS. morðor, fr. morð murder; akin to D. moord, OS. morð, G., Dan., & Sw. mord, Icel. morð, Goth. maúrþr, OSlav. mrēti to die, Lith. mirti, W. marw dead, L. mors, mortis, death, mori, moriri, to die, Gr. βροτός (for μροτός) mortal, ἄμβροτος immortal, Skr. mṛ to die, mṛta death.  √105.  Cf. Amaranth, Ambrosia, Mortal.] The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide. “Mordre will out.”  
   Chaucer.
   
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   The killing of their children had, in the account of God, the guilt of murder, as the offering them to idols had the guilt of idolatry.
   Locke.
   
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   Slaughter grows murder when it goes too far.
   Dryden.
   
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   ☞ Murder in the second degree, in most jurisdictions, is a malicious homicide committed without a specific intention to take life.
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   Murder, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Murdered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Murdering.] [OE. mortheren, murtheren, AS. myrðrian; akin to OHG. murdiren, Goth. maúrþrjan. See Murder, n.]
   To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n.
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   To destroy; to put an end to.
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   [Canst thou] murder thy breath in middle of a word?
   Shak.
   
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   To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English.
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   Syn. -- To kill; assassinate; slay. See Kill.
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