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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Murmuring \Mur"mur*ing\, a. & n.
Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining. --
{Mur"mur*ing*ly}, adv
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Murmur \Mur"mur\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Murmured}; p. pr & vb
n. {Murmuring}.] [F. murmurer, L. murmurare murmurari fr
murmur murmur; cf Gr.? to roar and boil, said of water, Skr.
marmara a rustling sound; prob. of imitative origin.]
1. To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a
stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest.
They murmured as doth a swarm of bees. --Chaucer.
2. To utter complaints in a low half-articulated voice; to
feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble;
-- often with at or against. ``His disciples murmured at
it.'' --John vi 61.
And all the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and against Aaron. --Num. xiv. 2.
Neither murmur ye as some of them also murmured.
--1 Cor. x.
10.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
murmuring
adj : making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring
waves"; "susurrant voices" [syn: {susurrant}, {whispering}]
n 1: a low continuous indistinct sound [syn: {mutter}, {muttering},
{murmur}, {murmuration}]
2: a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn: {grumble},
{grumbling}, {murmur}, {mutter}, {muttering}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Murmuring
of the Hebrews in the wilderness, called forth the displeasure
of God, which was only averted by the earnest prayer of Moses
(Num. 11:33, 34; 12; 14:27, 30, 31; 16:3; 21:4-6; Ps 106:25).
Forbidden by Paul (1 Cor. 10:10).
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