violated, ppl. a.
(ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd)
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
That has been subjected to violation.
| 1593 Shakes. Lucr. 1059 Thou shalt not know The stained taste of violated troth. 1600 ― A.Y.L. iii. ii. 141 Violated vowes, twixt the soules of friend, and friend. 1625 K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis iii. xxi. 217 He foresaw the infamy of violated hospitality. 1645 Milton Tetrach. Wks. 1851 IV. 164 They argue nothing to the continuance of a false or violated Mariage. 1697 Dryden æneid xii. 221 Of ev'ry Latian fair, whom Jove misled To mount by stealth my violated bed. c 1760 Smollett Ode to Indep. 6 Deep in the frozen regions of the north, A goddess violated brought thee forth. 1784 Cowper Task ii. 340 By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders. 1828 Tytler Hist. Scot. I. 118 In vindication of his violated rights. 1879 Dixon Windsor II. xii. 131 The violated charters were restored. |