n. [ F. murmure: cf. L. murmur. CF. Murmur, v. i. ]
Some discontents there are, some idle murmurs. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
They murmured as doth a swarm of bees. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. Num. xiv. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured. 1 Cor. x. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds;
The people murmured such things concerning him. John vii. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. murmuratio. ] The act of murmuring; a murmur. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who murmurs. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining. --
a. [ Cf. L. murmuriosus, OF. murmuros. ] Attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint; murmuring. [ Archaic or Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The lime, a summer home of murmurous wings. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]