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martyr (2 a 17th cent. use)
1. to inflict grievous pain upon, torment, torture Rom. IV. v. 59 “hated, martyr'd, kill'”
2. to mutilate, disfigure Tit. III. i. 82 “who hath m-'d thee?,” 108, V. ii. 181, Lucr. 802.
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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