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/vˈaɪəleɪt/ Listen

verb

Violate v. t. (past & past part. violates; pres. part. violating)

To treat in a violent manner; to abuse. "His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape."

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." "Oft have they violated The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts."

To disturb; to interrupt. "Employed, it seems, to violate sleep."

To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.

Synonyms: To injure; disturb; interrupt; infringe; transgress; profane; deflour; debauch; dishonor.

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Etymology of 'Violate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Violate" Quotes from Famous Books

... be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all men, in all times. But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may ...

— The Harvard Classics Volume 38 - Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) • Various

... court thought they might with impunity violate the rules of etiquette because Frederick William was unfortunate, the people indemnified him for this neglect, and honored him. Thousands hurried out of the gate to cheer him on his arrival, and escorted him amid the most enthusiastic acclamations to ...

— NAPOLEON AND BLUCHER • L. Muhlbach

... furnish an example of the melancholy results of his relations with the pope, to whom he owed his crown. Hardly had he turned his back before the pope began to violate his engagements. It became necessary for the new emperor to hasten back to Rome and summon a council for the deposition of the pontiff, whose conduct certainly furnished ample justification. But the ...

— An Introduction to the History of Western Europe • James Harvey Robinson

... my motives; and, in fact, if you watch them, you will detect a thinly-disguised envy in their countenances. I violate the laws of mechanics—to use your own sarcastic phrase—for many reasons. I like to be envied when there are solid reasons for it. It gratifies my vanity to be seen in this artistic quarter with a pretty woman on my arm. Again, the sense of possessing ...

— The Irrational Knot - Being the Second Novel of His Nonage • George Bernard Shaw

... generous enough not to violate up to now. I've the most glorious reason for wanting to make good that a girl—a woman could have. I don't think the career stuff, as you once called it, is rankling any more. I'm suddenly glad and quiet about my job. Let me stay on. Let me make myself indispensable ...

— Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst

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