What is to mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English. See Kill called?
murder — To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English. See Kill. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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