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VIOLANTIN.
1850 Ansteo Elem. Geoi., Afin. etc. § 407 Pistacite, . . Vio>
lane, Withainite,are either synonyms or varieties of Epidote.
1857 Dana Min. (186a) iS-j Violan ts a dark violet-blue
mineral, resembling glaucopbane. x86ft Watts Diet. Chem.
V. 1000 Violoii^ a ;Ailicaie of aluininiuii), calcium, magnesium,
and sodium. ..It occurs massive, and in indistinct,
elongated, granular concretions.
Violan(d, obs, variants of Violin.
Violant, obs. form of Violent v,
Violantin (v3i(Jlge*nlin). Chem. Also -ino.
[f. L. viola Viola 1 + ;,Allox)antin.] * A compound
containinjj the elements of violuric and
dilituric acids ' (Watts).
1866 W. OoUNG Ahzm. CJtem. 128 Baeyer has increased
the list of compounds by his discovery of pseudo-uric acid,
hydantoine. violantine [etc.]. 1873 Watts Fowues" Chem.
(ed. 11) 939 Hydurilic acid. -with nitric acid of ordinary
strength.. yields alloxan, together with violuiic acid, violantin,
and dilituric acid.
Violar, variant of Violeu,
t Vi'Olary. Obs.-~^ [ad. L. violdriunij f. viola
Viola 1.] A violet-bed.
1657 Thorni-ey tr. Longus' Dapknis 9f Ckloe 182 The
Violaries, how are they spumed and trodden down !
Viola-scent, a. rare-^. [f. L. viola Viola i.]
* A]>iironchinj; a violet colour' (Smart, 1840),
'tViolastre. Obs.-^ [11. 01^ , vioiastre {mo^.Y
viol&tre) violaceous.] (See quot.)
c 1400 Mauhdf.v. (1839) xiv. 160 There ben also Dyamandes
in Ynde, th:it ben clept Violastres (for here colour is liche
Vyolet, or more browne than the Violettes),
Vi'Olate, pa.ppU. and ///. a. Now ov\^ poet.
Also 5 violatt, 6 -at, -ait, 6 vyolate, ^V. weolait.
[ad. L. violdt'us^ pa. pple. of violate i see
next.]
1. Characterized by impurity or defilement,
trt^Ss Digby /l/j-i^ (1882) ill. 1557 Now, lord of lordes,
to Jn bly^syd name sanctificatt, most mekcly my feyth 1
recummend. Pott don ^ pryd of mameiites violatt ! 1513
Douglas y£neid\. i. 12 For weill wL-^t Eneas In violait ( L.
pollut0\ luif. .quhat thingis mycht be controvit By wemen
in fury rage that stranglie lovit. 1594 IVarres Cyrus C ij,
The prince .. bare my daughter thence with violate hands
Vnto his pallace. 1856 Mrs. H. King Disciples, Agesilao
Jililoiio (187^) 30J Take home the lesson to thee,.. Who
makest of ihis lovely land, God's garden, A nation violate,
corrupt, accurst.
2. As pa. pple. Violated, in various senses of the
verb; subjected to violation or injury.
1503 Hawes Examp. Virt, vii. iiz Mayden and moder
yet not vyolate. a 1513 Fabvan Chrou. vii,32i The peace
.. was, by the kynge, vyolate and broken. 15SS Euen
Decades {.krh.) 317 Wherwith. .no parte of the maiestie of a
kyn^ is vyolate. 1590 H. Barrow BriefDiscoverie 4 That
heauenly patterne left by the Apostles was soone violate.
/( 1619 FoTHERBY Atheont. II. ii. § 5 (1622) 203 If lustice may
be violate, for any cause at all. 1675 Marveul Corr. Wks.
(Grosart) II. 479 It was declared and resolved to be an uii-
douted ancient standing order, not to be violate. 1733 W.
Crawford Infidelity {1836) 159 The law of innocency.,
being violate by man's apostacy. 1847 Tesnvson Priuc. vi,
44 And now, O maids, behold our sanctuary Is violate, our
Laws broken.
b. = VioLATEn///. a.
1655 Theophaniii 169 My Fathers blood, Agnesias languishing
griefs, my violate marriage,, .raised several passions.
Violate (vai-^^'t), v. Forms : 5 violatt, 6
-at, 5-6 vyolat(e, 6 voyolate, Sc. wiolate,
violet; 5- violate, [f. L. violat-^ ppl. stem of
violdre to treat with violence, to outrage, dishonour,
injure, etc]
1. trans. To break, infringe, or transgress unjustifiably;
to, fail duly to keep or observe : a. An
oath or promise, one's faith, etc.
1432-50 tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 347 His bloode be schedde
in lyke wyse that' dothe violate and breke this bonde of
luffe. 15*6 Pilgf. Per/. (W. de W. 1531) 187, I haue
despoused you to a noble man, se y' you violate not your
fayth & spousage. 1558 Knox l-'irst Blast (Arb.) 50 If any
man be affraid to violat the oth of obedience, which they
haue made to siiche monstres. 1596 Edw. Ill, iv. iii. 27
Ah, but it is mine othc, my gratious Lord, Which 1 in conscieoce
may not violate. 1624 Capt. Smith yirginia 111.
viii. 76 Your promise I find . .euery day violated by some of
yoursubiects. 1651 Hobbks Leviatk.x. xiv. 68 A Power set
up to constrain those that would otherwise violate their
faith. 1769 RoBKRTSos Cluis. K, vii, Wks. 1813 III. 53 The
indeceucy of violating a recent and solemn engagement.
1777 R. Watson Philip II, 11. (1839) 25 Being convinced
that Henry would never violate the truce of Vaucelles.
183^ Thirlwall Greece I 239 Fearing lest the sight of the
fertile land.. might tempt the Heracleids to violate their
compact with him. 1844 H, H. Wilson Hrii. India I. 189
These arrangement-^ were scarcely concluded when the
Kaja manifested a dis|>osition to violate them. 1878 Brown*
INC La Saisiaz 18 .She violates the bond.
b. A law, commandment, rule, etc.
155J HuijOET, Violate a lawe or custome, soluere legem,
uel morem. 1579 LvLV Enphues (Arb.) 195 Thou praisest
ye Empresse for instituting good lawes, and grteuest to see
them violated by the I^adyes. x6xi Biblk Ezek. xxii. 26
Her priests haue violated my law, and haue prophaned
mine holy things. 1651 Hobbics Lez'inth. it. xxvii. 153 He
which does Injury, .should suffer punishment without other
limitation, than that of bis Will whose Law is thereby
violated. 1691 Hartclipfk Vir/nes 363 If we live contr.-iry
Co this, we violate the I.aw of him that made us. 1726
Swift Gw/Z/Vrr- II. vii, Power,, .liberty, and. .dominion. All
which, however happily tempered by the laws of that kingdom,
have been sometimes violated by each of the three
parties. 1774 Hubkk Corr. (1844' L 485, I have not usually
made any scrui>lc to violate, in some degree, the strict letter
i would
; buried.
; violate
I Patient
220
and sumtnwn jus of decorum and propriety. 1836 J.
Gilbert Chr. Atoneifi. vii. (1852) 204 It is of the essence
of atonement, that while it protects all rights, it must not
violate any. 1841 W. Spalding Italy .\ It. IsL 111. 126
The sovereigns, resolved to violait their own late piecedents
of non-intervention. 1875 Manninc; Mission H, Ghost
i. II The predestination of God in no way violates or takes
away the perfect liberty of the human will.
C. Abstract and moral qualities, etc.
1588 KvD HoHseh. Philos. Wks. (1901) 253 First wold 1 that
the parched earth did riue, ..Ere I to lose or violate my
chastity beginne. 1671 ^lu-ioa Samson A. 893 An impious
crew Of men., violating the ends For wliich our countrey
is a name so dear. 171^ Wollaston Relig. Nat. vi. 137
He that would not violate truth, mu.st avoid all injustice.
a 1745 SwihT Hen. /, Wks. 1768 IV. 290 He was a strict
observer of justice, wliich he seems never to have violated.
1794 Paley Evid. III. vii, {1817) 360 UifFerences of opinion
..accompanied with mutual clianty, which Christianity
forbids them to violate. 1836 J. Gilbert Chr, Atonem. iii,
(1852) 62 Let not the Rationalists be suB'ered, in the very
name of justice, sacred 'as it is, to violate justice. 1892
Tennyson Daivn iii, The press, .easily violates virgin Truth
for a coin or a cheque.
2. To ravish or outrage (a woman).
c 1^0 Alph. Tales 57, 1 hafe violatt & fylid many mens
wyvis, & per chuldie. a 1533 Ld. Behneks Hnon cxiii.
398 He made it to be cryed in euere strete that no man
shulde be so hardy on payne of dethe to vyolat any woman,
or deflowre any inayd. 1585 T. Washington tr. Nicholay's
Voy. I. XV. 16 [To] see hi.s wife and his daui^liters rauished
and violated. i6xi Cotgk., Forcer^.. io violate; force, or
rauish (as a woman). 1696 Phillips (ed. 5). 1709 .\ddison
Tatter No. 117 f 4 She was discovered by Neptune, and
violated after a long and unsuccesful Importunity. 1754
Sherlock Disc. (1759) L xiii. 344 We gratify our Lust by
violating his Wife or Daughter. 1841 Ei.phinstone Hist,
hid. 1 1 . 509 This young man, . . having attempted to violate
the wife of a Bramin, was imprisoned. 1879 Fife-Cookson
IVith Armies 0/ Balkans 38 It was alledged however that
they [sc. the Cossacks] committed .separate exce.-^ses of their
own, violating all the Turkish women tfiey could find.
absol. t8ai Shelley Helltxs 951 Impale the remnant of
the Greeks ! despoil 1 Violate 1 make their flesh cheaper
than dust
3. To do violence to ; to treat irreverently ; to
desecrate, dishonour, profane, or defile.
1490 Caxton Eneydos xxi. 76, I haue not rented, vyolated
ne broken, the pyramydeof his faders sepulture, ta 1500
Chester PI, (Shaks. Soc.) I. 2171'his man.. Is not of God,..
Which doth voyolate the Saboath daye. 1513 Douglas
Aineid xi. xi. 127 Quha evir with wond dois hurt or violat
Hyr haly body onto me dedicat. 1548 Udall, etc. Erasni.
Par. Jolut xix. 115 k place perdye detestable and violated
with dead bodyes. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye
0/ Love 13 Gods ministery is an holy and sacred thing,
in thought not to be violated. 163s Pagitt ChristianO'
graphie I. iii. (1636) 129 If by chance any Catholicke Priest
shall celebrate upon one of their Altars, they violate it and
breake it. 1665 Sir T. Herbert Trav. {1677) xj They
commonly violate the graves of those dead men we
1673 Lady's Calling 11. i. § 7 She that listens to any
wanton discourse has violated her ears. X797 Mks. Rad-
CLIFFE Italian xvi, What sacrilegious footsteps thus rudely
this holy place. 1846 Arnold Hist. Later Roman
Commiv. I, vii. 277 Some of the most famous and richest
temples, .were violated and ransacked. 1849 James Woodman
ix, It would be searched, and the sanctuary violated.
rejl. 1606 Shaks. Ant. ^ CI. iii. x, 24 Experience, Man<
hood, Honor, ne're before, Did violate so it selfe.
b. To destroy (a person's chastity) by force.
159J Arden 0/ Feversham 38 That injurious riball, that
attempts To vyolate my deare wyues chastiiie. x6io Shaks.
Temp. I. ii, 347 'J'hou didst seeke to violate The honor of
my childe. 1769 Blacks tone Cx.\v, No boy attempted
to violate the sanctity of seat or peg.
+ 4. To vitiate, corrupt, or spoil, esp. in respect
of physical qualities. Obs.
1555 Eden Decades (.^rb.) 98 If wee. .consyder the largene.s
and wydeiies of. .the mouthes of the famous ryuer of
Ister,.andliowe farre they violate orcorrupte the salte water
with their freshenes. i5(>8 Yong Diana 61 But this mischieuous
absence doth violate and dissolue those things,
which men thinke to be most strong and firme. 1620 Vennek
Via Recta vii. 131 They breede phlegme, violate the lung.s,
and soone offend the stomack, .by their windie and cloying
substance. 1656 Stanley Hist. Philos. iv. iii. (1687) 141/2
He said, that Coals, when they forsake the nature of Wood,
acquire a solidity not to be violated by moisture.
•f* b. To damage or injure by violence. Obs.
1595 Daniel Civ. Wars i. Ixxxiii, Like to a River that is
stopt his Course Doth violate his Banks. 1606 G. W[oodcockk]
Hist. Ivstine xliv. 136 For first it lieth not within
the railing heate of the Sunne, as AfTricke doth; neither is
it violated with outragious windes like France. 1634 T.
Johnson Parey''s Chirnrg. xv. xiv. (1678)335 If the fracture
violate.. the spinal marrow contained therein, then the
can scarce scape death. 1658 Evelyn Fr. Card.
(1675) 208 Couch it down without violating any of the
leaves. 1675 J. Rose Eng. Vinfyard Vind. 41 Fear not
your ves.sel if well made ; since the force of the working.,
will not violate it as some imagine,
t c. To despoil ^something. Ods.~^
1646 G. Daniel Poems Wks. (Grosart) II. 57 When the
bleake Face of winter spreads The Earth, and violates the
Meads Of all their Pride.
1 5. To treat (a person) roughly or with violence ;
to assail or abuse. Obs,
a i6s8 Pkeston lireastpl Love (1631) 88 If a man should
come and violate thee with ill termes thou wouldest be
angry with him. 1639 Chas. 1 Dedavations Wk.s. 1662 II.
VlOLATIOIf.
27 Precedents of former times were di.MaWyed, the Speaker
violated (etc.J. 1635 R. N. tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. 111. 239
The Act was made against those which should viwlate the
king by seditious writings.
6. To break in upon ; to interrupt or disturb ; to
interfeie with rudely or roughly.
1667 Milton P. L. iv. 883 To question thy bold^entrancc
on this place; Imploi'd it seems to violate sleep. 1697
Drvden /Eneid xii. 474 O Trojans! cease From impious
arms, nor violate the pv.-ace. 17x2 Wollaston Relig. Nat.
vi. (1724) 132 Since he, who begins to violate the happiness
of another, does what is wrong. 1775 Johnson Tax. no
Tyr. 31 Le;;islation passes its limits when it violates the
purse. 1796 W. CoMiiE Boydell's Thavtes II. 3 (Pope's]
garden has not yet beeir violated. It retains its early form.
1809 W. Irving Kuickerb. 111. vi. (1849) 175 The dark forests
which once clothed those shores hrtd been violated by the
savage hand of cultivation. 1819 Shelley Cenci v. i, 13 To
violate the sacred doors of sleep.
7. To treat without proper respect or regard ; to
do violence or injury to (feelings, etc.) in this way.
x69a Dryden St. Euremont's Ess. 81 Never were they
more careful of hindring the Majesty of the Roman People
from being violated. 1705 Addison Italy, Monaco 15 They
have never entertain'd a Thought of violating the Publick
Credit. 1713 Bekkeley in Guard. No. 3 Pi A Body of
Men, whom of all other a good Man would be most careful
not to violate, I mean Men in Holy Orders. 17*9 Uuti.kr
Serm. Wks. 1874 II. 24 Man may act. .in a way disproportionate
to, and violate his real proper nature. 1798 Hloomfield
F'armer's Boy, .Summer 336 Ere tyrant customs
strength sufficient bore To violate the feelings of the poor.
1817 Shelley Rev. Islam vm. x.\vii, Do ye thirst to bear
A heart which not the serpent Custom's tooth May violate?
183a Lamb Elia 1. Compl. Decay Beggars, Do we feel the
imagination at all violated when we read the 'true ballad ',
where King Cophetua woos the beggar maid?
Hence Vi'olating vbl. sb.
1548 CoofEK Elyot''s Diii., Violatio,..^ violatyng, a
breakyng. 1581 Nowhi.l & Day in Confer. \. (1584) Cij,
Master Campion did vs wrong, to charge vs with violating
of the Maiestie of the holy liible. 1585 T. Washington tr.
Nicholar's I'oy.u. xiii. 48 b, The violating and deflouring of
, .hisdaughteis, & other Ladies. i6iz Cotgr., Violation, a
violation, or violating. 1671 Phillips (ed. 3)8. v. .VacnVwj,
A robbing of Churches, or violating of holy tbing.s. 1765-8
Erskine Inst. Law Scot. iv. iv. § 52 'Ihe violating of a
bride, or espoused virgin. 1769 in Bostcn Gaz. 8 Jan. (1770)
3/1 Since the Tories are so set upon ruining this continent,
as not even to scruple the violating their own plighted faith.
Violated (vai-Jl^Hed), ppl, a. [f. prec. + -ED ^.J
That has been subjected to violation.
1593 Shaks. Lucr. 1059 Thou shalt not know The stained
taste of violated troth. 1600 — A. V.L. iii. iL 141 Violated '
vowes, twixt the soules of friend, and friend. i6as K. Long
tr. Barclay's Argenis 111. xxi. 217 He foresaw the infamy
of violated hospitality, 1645 Milton Tetrach. Wks. 1851
IV. 164 They argue nothing to the continuance of a false or
violated Mariage. 1697 Dryden A£neid xii. 221 Of ev'ry
Latian fair, whom Jove misled 'l"o mount by stealth my
violated bed, c x-jGio Smollkit Ode to ludep, 6 Deep in
the frozen regions of the north, A goddess violated brought
thee forth. 1784 Cowpeh Task 11. 340 By him the violated
law speaks out Its thunders. z8a8 Tvtler Hist. Scot.
I. ti8 In vindication of his violated rights. 1879 Dixon
Windsor II. xii. 131 The violated charters were restored.
Violater (vai-