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Webster 1913 Edition
Violent
Vi′o-lent
,Adj.
[F., from L.
violentus
, from vis
strength, force; probably akin to Gr. [GREEK] a muscle, strength.] 1.
Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe;
as, a
violent
blow; the violent
attack of a disease.Float upon a wild and
violent
sea. Shakespeare
A
violent
cross wind from either coast. Milton.
2.
Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized;
as, a
. violent
attack on the right of free speechTo bring forth more
violent
deeds. Milton.
Some
violent
hands were laid on Humphrey’s life. Shakespeare
3.
Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.
These
violent
delights have violent
ends. Shakespeare
No
violent
state can be perpetual. T. Burnet.
Ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as
Vows made in pain, as
violent
and void. Milton.
Violent presumption
(Law)
, presumption of a fact that arises from proof of circumstances which necessarily attend such facts.
– Violent profits
(Scots Law)
, rents or profits of an estate obtained by a tenant wrongfully holding over after warning. They are recoverable in a process of removing.
Syn. – Fierce; vehement; outrageous; boisterous; turbulent; impetuous; passionate; severe; extreme.
Vi′o-lent
,Noun.
An assailant.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.
Vi′o-lent
,Verb.
T.
[Cf. F.
violenter
.] To urge with violence.
[Obs.]
Fuller.
Vi′o-lent
,Verb.
I.
To be violent; to act violently.
[Obs.]
The grief is fine, full, perfect, that I taste,
And
As that which causeth it.
And
violenteth
in a sense as strongAs that which causeth it.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Violent
VI'OLENT
,Adj.
1.
Forcible; moving or acting with physical strength; urged or driven with force; as a violent wind; a violent stream; a violent assault or blow; a violent conflict.2.
Vehement; outrageous; as a violent attack on the minister.3.
Produced or continued by force; not spontaneous or natural.No violent state can be perpetual.
4.
Produced by violence; not natural; as a violent death.5.
Acting by violence; assailant; not authorized.Some violent hands were laid on Humphry's life.
6.
Fierce; vehement; as a violent philippic; a violent remonstrance. We might be reckoned fierce and violent.
7.
Severe; extreme; as violent pains.8.
Extorted; not voluntary.Vows made in pain, are violent and void.
Violent presumption, in law, is presumption that arises from circumstances which necessarily attend such facts. Such circumstances being proved, the mind infers with confidence that the fact has taken place, and this confidence is a violent presumption, which amounts to proof.
VI'OLENT
,Noun.
VI'OLENT
,Verb.
T.