burke

v. திக்குமுக்காட வைத்துக் கொல், சந்தடியின்றி அடக்கிவை, வௌதத் தெரியாமல் மூடிமறை, முழு முடாக்குச் செய்.

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Burke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burkeder, p. pr. & vb.n. Burkinger.] Etym: [From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the crime in 1829.] 1. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection. 2. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question. The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by such a mass of a affidavits. C. Reade.