violate

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaɪəˌleɪt/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English violaten (“to defile, render impure”), from violat(e) (“defiled, desecrated”, also used as the past participle of violaten) +‎ -en, borrowed from Latin violātus, perfect passive participle of violō (“to treat with violence (whether bodily or mental)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Ultimately from vīs (“strength, power, force, violence”). ==== Verb ==== violate (third-person singular simple present violates, present participle violating, simple past and past participle violated) (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention). Antonyms: comply, obey (transitive) To rape. Synonyms: ravish, viole, vitiate; see also Thesaurus:rape (transitive, prison slang) To cite (a person) for a parole violation. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English violat, from Classical Latin violātus. ==== Adjective ==== violate (comparative more violate, superlative most violate) (now rare; chiefly poetic in later use) Subject to violation. Synonym of violated. (obsolete) Morally impure. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === References === === Further reading === “violate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “violate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vi.oˈla.te/, /vjoˈla.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: vi‧o‧là‧te, vio‧là‧te === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== violate inflection of violare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== violate f pl feminine plural of violato === References === === Anagrams === elativo, evitalo, levatoi, olivate, oliveta, voliate == Latin == === Verb === violāte second-person plural present active imperative of violō == Spanish == === Verb === violate second-person singular voseo imperative of violar combined with te