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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)