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Definition of Murdered
1. Adjective. Killed unlawfully. "Lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier"
Definition of Murdered
1. Verb. (past of murder) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Murdered
1. murder [v] - See also: murder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Murdered
Literary usage of Murdered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... that were on board, after the captain and fome of his men had been murdered
by the Malayans, at or near the ifland of Sumatra. ..."
2. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"dinner with that Lorenzino of his, who afterwards murdered him, and no other company;
... 9 This is the famous Tuscan Brutus who murdered Alessandro. ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"Bishop William was accordingly consecrated by Archbishop Theobald some time in 1146.
secular clergyman that a Christian boy had been murdered by the Norwich ..."
4. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"that he was murdered, and the opponents of Boris held him responsible for the crime
... With the rise of the famous Pretender, who impersonated the murdered ..."
5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"that he was murdered, and the opponents of Boris held him responsible for the crime
... With the rise of the famous Pretender, who impersonated the murdered ..."
6. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1837)
"A spirit of rebellion diffused itself through all the camps and garrisons of
Syria, successive detachments murdered their officers," and joined the party of ..."
7. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"A Duchess was murdered in the Champs Elyse'es. ... The Duchess who is ' murdered
lived alone in a great house which was always ' shut up, and passed her ..."
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