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. [ 1913 Webster ]

His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Violated vows
'Twixt the souls of friend and friend. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oft have they violated
The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To disturb; to interrupt. “Employed, it seems, to violate sleep.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To injure; disturb; interrupt; infringe; transgress; profane; deflour; debauch; dishonor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. violatio: cf. F. violation. ] The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc. “The violation of my faith.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) Ravishment; rape; outrage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Violating, or tending to violate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who violates; an infringer; a profaner; a ravisher. [ 1913 Webster ]