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[imp. & p.
p. Murdered (?); 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.

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.

Mur"der*er (mûr"d&etilde;r*&etilde;r),
n. 1. One guilty of murder; a
person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human
being with premeditated malice.

2. A small cannon, formerly used for clearing
a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering
piece.

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