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Definition of Murthering
1. murther [v] - See also: murther
Lexicographical Neighbors of Murthering
Literary usage of Murthering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English by J(ohn) Payne Collier (1866)
"... on the guilty queens, for they fall down before their husbands, and are
instantly forgiven the intended " murthering of their children when infants. ..."
2. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... if he would assist them in murthering him; which he consented to, and promised
to meet them at the 3 Tunn tavern in Holborn, but before he came they ..."
3. The Parliament and Councils of England, Chronologically Arranged: From the by Charles Henry Parry (1839)
"The Comment Resolved that John Bradshaw, Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton, Thomas
Pride, deceased, shall be of those attainted for murthering his late Majesty. ..."
4. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"I have felt its Fury, as I told you in my last, till I have been at the Point of
murthering, not my wife only, but myself; and I cannot therefore but Pity ..."
5. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1915)
"... 'An Act to prevent the destroying and murthering of Bastard Children,' and to
make other provisions in lieu thereof," was read the second time. ..."
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