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murther
mur·ther
/
ˈmɜr
ðər
/
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th
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]
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noun,
verb
(used with object), verb (used without object)
Obsolete
.
murder
.
Origin:
before 900;
Middle English
morther,
Old English
morthor;
cognate with
Gothic
maurthr.
See
mortal
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murther
(ˈmɜːðə)
—
n
, —
vb
an archaic word for
murder
'murtherer
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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