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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.Definition 2024
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See also: Violâte
English
Verb
violate (third-person singular simple present violates, present participle violating, simple past and past participle violated)
- (sometimes computing) To break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.).
- The program tried to write to privileged memory, so it was flagged with a protect violate error.
- Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.
- (euphemistic) To rape.
Derived terms
Antonyms
Translations
to break or fail to act by rules
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to rape
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External links
- violate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- violate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Italian
Verb
violate
- second-person plural present of violare
- second-person plural imperative of violare
- feminine plural past participle of violare