violate

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Latin violatus, pp. of violare (treat with violence, whether bodily or mental) < vis (strength, power, force, violence)

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Infinitive
to violate

Third person singular
violates

Simple past
violated

Past participle
violated

Present participle
violating

to violate (third-person singular simple present violates, present participle violating, simple past and past participle violated)

  1. To break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.).
  2. To rape.

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violate

  1. second-person plural present tense of violare
  2. second-person plural imperative of violare
  3. feminine plural past participle of violare