1. past tense and past participle of murder; killed unlawfully and with premeditation
Usage: archaic or dialectal spelling of 'murdered'; primarily found in historical texts and older literature

Examples

• The king was murthered in his sleep by a jealous rival.
• In Shakespeare's plays, many characters were murthered for power and revenge.
• The witness testified that she had seen the victim murthered in cold blood.
• Historical records show that the nobleman was murthered during the civil war.
• The old manuscript described how the merchant was murthered on the road.