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verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
1.
to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
2.
to break in upon or disturb rudely; interfere thoughtlessly with: to violate his privacy.
3.
to break through or pass by force or without right: to violate a frontier.
4.
to treat irreverently or disrespectfully; desecrate; profane: violate a human right.
5.
to molest sexually, especially to rape.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin violātus, past participle of violāre to treat with violence, violate, apparently derivative of violentus violent (taking viol- as base); see -ate1
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin violātus, past participle of violāre to treat with violence, violate, apparently derivative of violentus violent (taking viol- as base); see -ate1
Related forms
vi·o·la·tor, vi·o·lat·er, noun
pre·vi·o·late, verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
qua·si-vi·o·lat·ed, adjective
re·vi·o·late, verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
un·vi·o·lat·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
violate
early 15c., "to break" (an oath, etc.), from L. violatus (see violation). Sense of "ravish" is first recorded mid-15c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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