To commit suicide.
1871. John Pflug, of Pekin, Ill., suicided from disgust at his name.—St. Louis Democrat, Jan. (de Vere).
1887. Boardman said he had just been detailed to go and work up the case of a Chinaman who had suicided a little earlier in the evening.—W. D. Howells, ‘April Hopes,’ ch. xxvi.
