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Definitions for: Murder
[n] unlawful premeditated killing of a human being
[v] alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"
[v] kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
Webster (1913) Definition: Mur"der, n. [OE. morder, morther, AS. mor[eth]or, fr.
mor[eth] murder; akin to D. moord, OS. mor[eth], G., Dan., &
Sw. mord, Icel. mor[eth], Goth. ma['u]r[thorn]r, OSlav.
mr[=e]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[.r] to die, m[.r]ta
death. [root]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.
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.
Slaughter grows murder when it goes too far. --Dryden.
Note: Murder in the second degree, in most jurisdictions, is
a malicious homicide committed without a specific
intention to take life. --Wharton.
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.
Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, execution, hit, homicide, mangle, mutilate, polish off, remove, slay, slaying
See Also: assassination, blood, bloodshed, burke, butchery, carnage, distort, dry-gulching, elimination, execute, falsify, fratricide, garble, gore, hit, infanticide, kill, kill, killing, liquidation, mass murder, massacre, parricide, putting to death, shoot-down, slaughter, thuggee, tyrannicide, warp
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