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Webster 1913 Edition
Suicide
Su′i-cide
,Noun.
1.
The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically
(Law)
, the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind. 2.
One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se.
3.
Ruin of one's own interests.
“Intestine war, which may be justly called political suicide.” V. Knox.
Webster 1828 Edition
Suicide
SU'ICIDE
,Noun.
1.
Self-murder; the act of designedly destroying one's own life. To constitute suicide, the person must be of years of discretion and of sound mind.2.
One guilty of self-murder; a felo de se.