Bible Dictionaries
Violate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To disturb; to interrupt.

(2):

(v. t.) To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.

(3):

(v. t.) To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

(4):

(v. t.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Violate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​v/violate.html. 1828.