Murder (mûrd&etilde_;r), n. [OE. morder, morther, AS. morðor, fr. morð murder; akin to D. moord, OS. morð, G., Dan., & Sw. mord, Icel. morð, Goth. maúrþr, OSlav. mrēti to die, Lith. mirti, W. marw dead, L. mors, mortis, death, mori, moriri, to die, Gr. brotos (for mrotos) mortal, 'ambrotos immortal, Skr. m&rsdot_; to die, m&rsdot_;ta death. √105. Cf. Amaranth, Ambrosia, Mortal.] The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide. “Mordre will out.” Chaucer.
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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.
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Slaughter grows murder when it goes too far. Dryden.
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&hand_; Murder in the second degree, in most jurisdictions, is a malicious homicide committed without a specific intention to take life. Wharton.
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