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Webster 1913 Edition
Murmur
1.
A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.
2.
A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice.
Chaucer.
Some discontents there are, some idle
murmurs
. Dryden.
Mur′mur
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Murmured
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Murmuring
.] [F.
murmurer
, L. murmurare
, murmurari
, fr. murmur
murmur; cf. Gr. [GREEK] to roar and boil, said of water, Skr. marmara
a rustling sound; prob. of imitative origin.] 1.
To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest.
They
murmured
as doth a swarm of bees. Chaucer.
2.
To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; – often with at or against.
“His disciples murmured at it.” John vi. 61.
And all the children of Israel
murmured
against Moses and against Aaron. Num. xiv. 2.
Neither
murmur
ye, as some of them also murmured
. 1 Cor. x. 10.
Mur′mur
,Verb.
T.
To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds;
as, to
. murmur
talesShak.
The people
murmured
such things concerning him. John vii. 32.
Webster 1828 Edition
Murmur
MUR'MUR
,Noun.
Black melancholy sits,
Deepens the murmur of the falling floods,
And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
1.
A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low,muttering voice. Some discontents there are, some idle murmurs.
MUR'MUR
,Verb.
I.
1.
To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, rolling waves, or like the wind in a forest; as the murmuring surge. The forests murmur and the surges roar.
2.
To grumble; to complain; to utter complaints in a low,half articulated voice; to utter sullen discontent; with at, before the thing which is the cause of discontent; as, murmur not at sickness; or with at or against, before the active agent which produces the evil. The Jews murmured at him. John 6.
The people murmured against Moses. Ex.13.