Hypertext Webster Gateway: "murdering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Murder \Mur"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Murdered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Murdering}.] [OE. mortheren, murtheren, AS. myr?rian;
akin to OHG. murdiren, Goth. ma['u]r?rjan. See {Murder}, n.]
1. To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being)
willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See {Murder}, n.
2. To destroy; to put an end to.
[Canst thou] murder thy breath in middle of a word?
--Shak.
3. To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or
cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English.
Syn: To kill; assassinate; slay. See {Kill}.
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