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Webster 1913 Edition
Violate
Vi′o-late
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Violates
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Violating
.] 1.
To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
His wife Boadicea
violated
with stripes, his daughters with rape. Milton.
2.
To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe.
Violated
vows’Twixt the souls of friend and friend.
Shakespeare
Oft have they
The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts.
violated
The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts.
Milton.
3.
To disturb; to interrupt.
“Employed, it seems, to violate sleep.” Milton.
4.
To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.
Syn. – To injure; disturb; interrupt; infringe; transgress; profane; deflour; debauch; dishonor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Violate
VI'OLATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To injure; to hurt; to interrupt; to disturb; as, to violate sleep.Kindness for man, and pity for his fate, may mix with bliss and yet not violate.
2.
To break; to infringe; to transgress; as, to violate the laws of the state, or the rules of good breeding; to violate the divine commands; to violate one's vows or promises. Promises and commands may be violated negatively, by non-observance.3.
To injure; to do violence to.Forbid to violate the sacred fruit.
4.
To treat with irreverence; to profane; as, to violate the sanctity of a holy place.5.
To ravish; to compress by force.