n. 1. Any of various highly infectious diseases of cattle, as anthrax. 2. Obsolete A pestilence or dire disease. [Middle English moreine, from Old French morine, from Medieval Latin morina, from Latin morī, to die; see mer- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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