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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Martyr  \Mar"tyr\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Martyred};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Martyring}.] 
  1.  To  put  to  death  for  adhering  to  some  belief,  esp. 
  Christianity;  to  sacrifice  on  account  of  faith  or 
  profession.  --Bp.  Pearson. 
 
  2.  To  persecute;  to  torment;  to  torture.  --Chaucer. 
 
  The  lovely  Amoret,  whose  gentle  heart  Thou  martyrest 
  with  sorrow  and  with  smart.  --Spenser. 
 
  Racked  with  sciatics,  martyred  with  the  stone. 
  --Pope. 




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