murther

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Noun

murther (plural murthers)

  1. Obsolete form of murder.
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      Murther most foul, as in the best it is; / But this most foul, strange, and unnatural.
    • 1699, Robert Barret, A Companion for Midwives, Child-Bearing Women, and Nurses., London, Sect. I, Chapter I, p. 5:
      We have some Inſtances of publick Puniſhment inflicted on ſuch Midwives, in the Neighbouring Kingdom of France, for being acceſſory to the murther both of the Mother and Child.

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murther (third-person singular simple present murthers, present participle murthering, simple past and past participle murthered)

  1. Obsolete form of murder.

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