violate

See also: Violâte

English

Etymology

From Latin violatus, past participle of violare (“treat with violence, whether bodily or mental”), from vis (“strength, power, force, violence”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪəˌleɪt/
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Verb

violate (third-person singular simple present violates, present participle violating, simple past and past participle violated)

  1. (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
    Drink-driving violates the law.
    Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.
  2. (transitive, euphemistic) To rape.
    • 1796, Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk
      That Antonia whom you violated, was your Sister! That Elvira whom you murdered, gave you birth! Tremble, abandoned Hypocrite! Inhuman Parricide! Incestuous Ravisher!

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Further reading

  • 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

  1. second-person plural present of violare
  2. second-person plural imperative of violare
  3. feminine plural past participle of violare

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Latin

Verb

violāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of violō
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