murder : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: murder	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for murder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
murder n unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being Synonym(s): murder, slaying, execution v kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" Synonym(s): murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language" Synonym(s): mangle, mutilate, murder
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[a3]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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Murder \Mur"der\, n. [OE. morder, morther, AS. mor[edh]or, fr. mor[edh] murder; akin to D. moord, OS. mor[edh], G., Dan., & Sw. mord, Icel. mor[edh], Goth. ma[a3]r[thorn]r, OSlav. mr[c7]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. [fb]105. Cf. {Amaranth}, {Ambrosia}, {Mortal}.] The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide. [bd]Mordre will out.[b8] --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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Murder Wilful murder was distinguished from accidental homicide, and was invariably visited with capital punishment (Num. 35:16, 18, 21, 31; Lev. 24:17). This law in its principle is founded on the fact of man's having been made in the likeness of God (Gen. 9:5, 6; John 8:44; 1 John 3:12, 15). The Mosiac law prohibited any compensation for murder or the reprieve of the murderer (Ex. 21:12, 14; Deut. 19:11, 13; 2 Sam. 17:25; 20:10). Two witnesses were required in any capital case (Num. 35:19-30; Deut. 17:6-12). If the murderer could not be discovered, the city nearest the scene of the murder was required to make expiation for the crime committed (Deut. 21:1-9). These offences also were to be punished with death, (1) striking a parent; (2) cursing a parent; (3) kidnapping (Ex. 21:15-17; Deut. 27:16).