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Webster 1913 Edition

Suicide

Su′i-cide

,
Noun.
[L.
sui
of one’s self (akin to
suus
one's own) +
caedere
to slay, to kill. Cf.
So
,
adv.
,
Homicide
.]
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.
[L. suicidium; se and coedo, to slay.]
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.

Definition 2024

suicidé

suicidé

See also: suicide and suïcide

French

Noun

suicidé m ‎(plural suicidés)

  1. suicide, someone who has committed suicide

Verb

suicidé m ‎(feminine singular suicidée, masculine plural suicidés, feminine plural suicidées)

  1. past participle of suicider

Spanish

Verb

suicidé

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of suicidar.

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