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- English Word Violence Definition Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault.
- English Word Violence Definition Ravishment; rape; constupration.
- English Word Violence Definition To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel.
- English Word Violent Definition Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease.
- English Word Violent Definition Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.
- English Word Violent Definition Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.
- English Word Violent Definition An assailant.
- English Word Violent Definition To urge with violence.
- English Word Violent Definition To be violent; to act violently.
- English Word Violently Definition In a violent manner.
- English Word Violescent Definition Tending to a violet color; violascent.
- English Word Violet Definition Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor).
- English Word Violet Definition The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.
- English Word Violet Definition In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.
- English Word Violet Definition Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera.
- English Word Violet Definition Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined.
- English Word Violet-tip Definition A very handsome American butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.
- English Word Violin Definition A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.
- English Word Violine Definition A pale yellow amorphous substance of alkaloidal nature and emetic properties, said to have been extracted from the root and foliage of the violet (Viola).
- English Word Violine Definition Mauve aniline. See under Mauve.