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Mur"der (m&û;r"d&etilde_;r), n. [OE. morder, morther, AS. morðor, fr. morð murder; akin to D. moord, OS. morð, G., Dan., & Sw. mord, Icel. morð, Goth. maúrþr, OSlav. mr&ē;ti to die, Lith. mirti, W. marw dead, L. mors, mortis, death, mori, moriri, to die, Gr. broto`s (for mroto`s) mortal, 'a`mbrotos immortal, Skr. m&rsdot_; to die, m&rsdot_;ta 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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&hand_; Murder in the second degree, in most jurisdictions, is a malicious homicide committed without a specific intention to take life. Wharton.
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Mur"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Murdered (m&û;r"d&etilde_;rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Murdering.] [OE. mortheren, murtheren, AS. myrðrian; akin to OHG. murdiren, Goth. maúrþrjan. See Murder, n.] 1. To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n.
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2. 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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3. 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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