VIOLATES

Verb

violates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of violate

Source: Wiktionary


VIOLATE

Vi"o*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Violates; p. pr. & vb. n. Violating.] Etym: [L. violatus, p. p. of violare to violate, fr. vis strength, force. See Violent.]

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. Shak. Oft have they 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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