violate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: violate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for violate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
violate v fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax" Synonym(s): violate, go against, break Antonym(s): conform to act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" Synonym(s): transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break Antonym(s): keep, observe destroy; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy" violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God" Synonym(s): desecrate, profane, outrage, violate force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" Synonym(s): rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" Synonym(s): rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Violate \Vi"olate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Violates}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Violating}.] [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. [bd]Employed, it seems, to violate* sleep.[b8] --Milton. 4. To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage. Syn: To injure; disturb; interrupt; infringe; transgress; profane; deflour; debauch; dishonor.