See Bass viol. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mus.) A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inviolabilitas: cf. F. inviolabilité. ] The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inviolabilis: cf. F. inviolable. See Inviolate, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

He tried a third, a tough, well-chosen spear,
The inviolable body stood sincere. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted. [ 1913 Webster ]

For thou, be sure, shalt give account
To him who sent us, whose charge is to keep
This place inviolable, and these from harm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their almighty Maker first ordained
And bound them with inviolable bands. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

And keep our faiths firm and inviolable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inviolable; as, the inviolableness of divine justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without violation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being inviolate; as, the inviolacy of an oath.

{ } a. [ L. inviolatus. See In- not, and Violate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken. [ 1913 Webster ]

His fortune of arms was still inviolate. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure. “Inviolate truth.” Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

There chaste Alceste lives inviolate. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inviolate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being inviolate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The theory, doctrine, or practice of peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate.
Syn. -- passive resistance. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. peacefully resistant in response to injustice; not using violence; -- used of protests and demonstrations; as, nonviolent resistance. Opposite of violent.
Syn. -- passive, peaceful. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. achieved without bloodshed. Contrasted with bloody.
Syn. -- unbloody, bloodless. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. ultra- + violet. ] (Physics) Lying outside the visible spectrum at its blue-violet end; -- said of light more refrangible (i. e. having a shorter wavelength) than the extreme violet rays of the visible spectrum. Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than those of ultrviolet light are not usually considered as light waves, but are classified differently. The ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum is generally considered as comprising those electromagnetic emissions with wavelengths lying between those of visible light and those of X-rays, i. e. between 4000 Angstroms and 100 Angstroms. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Inviolable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. viole; cf. Pr. viola, viula, Sp., Pg., & It. viola, LL. vitula; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. vitulari to celebrate a festival, keep holiday, be joyful, perhaps originally, to sacrifice a calf (vitulus; cf. Veal). Cf. Fiddle, Vielle, 2d Viola, Violin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mus.) A stringed musical instrument formerly in use, of the same form as the violin, but larger, and having six strings, to be struck with a bow, and the neck furnished with frets for stopping the strings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Me softer airs befit, and softer strings
Of lute, or viol still, more apt for mournful things. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is now applied as a general term to designate instruments of the violin kind, as tenor viol, bass viol, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A large rope sometimes used in weighing anchor. [ Written also voyal, and voyal. ] Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a violet. See Violet. ] (Bot.) A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. See Viol. ] (Mus.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖
Viola da braccio [ It., viol for the arm ], the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the alto. -- ‖
Viola da gamba [ It., viol for the leg ], an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used. -- ‖
Viola da spalla [ It., viol for the shoulder ], an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba. -- ‖
Viola di amore [ It., viol of love: cf. F. viole d'amour ], a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery sound. It is now seldom used. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. violabilis: cf. F. violable. See Violate. ] Capable of being violated, broken, or injured. -- Vi"o*la*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. violaceus, fr. viola a violet. ] 1. Resembling violets in color; bluish purple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, of which the violet is the type. It contains about twenty genera and two hundred and fifty species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Violet + aniline. ] (Chem.) A dyestuff of the induline group, made from aniline, and used as a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk a violet-blue or a gray-blue color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Violuric. ] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous substance, produced as a yellow crystalline substance, and regarded as a complex derivative of barbituric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor), and decomposing into glucose and quercitrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Violescent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Violates p. pr. & vb. n. Violating. ] [ L. violatus, p. p. of violare to violate, fr. vis strength, force. See Violent. ] 1. To treat in a violent manner; to abuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Violated vows
'Twixt the souls of friend and friend. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oft have they violated
The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To disturb; to interrupt. “Employed, it seems, to violate sleep.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To injure; disturb; interrupt; infringe; transgress; profane; deflour; debauch; dishonor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. violatio: cf. F. violation. ] The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc. “The violation of my faith.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) Ravishment; rape; outrage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Violating, or tending to violate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who violates; an infringer; a profaner; a ravisher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vial. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. violentia. See Violent. ] 1. The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force. [ 1913 Webster ]

That seal
You ask with such a violence, the king,
Mine and your master, with his own hand gave me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the elements
At least had gone to wrack, disturbed and torn
With the violence of this conflict. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do violence to do man. Luke iii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

We can not, without offering violence to all records, divine and human, deny an universal deluge. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Looking down, he saw
The whole earth filled with violence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ravishment; rape; constupration. [ 1913 Webster ]

To do violence on, to attack; to murder. “She . . . did violence on herself.” Shak. --
To do violence to, to outrage; to injure; as, he does violence to his own opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Vehemence; outrage; fierceness; eagerness; violation; infraction; infringement; transgression; oppression. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. violenter. ] To urge with violence. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., from L. violentus, from vis strength, force; probably akin to Gr. &unr_; a muscle, strength. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Float upon a wild and violent sea. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A violent cross wind from either coast. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bring forth more violent deeds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some violent hands were laid on Humphrey's life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal. [ 1913 Webster ]

These violent delights have violent ends. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

No violent state can be perpetual. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Violent presumption (Law), presumption of a fact that arises from proof of circumstances which necessarily attend such facts. --
Violent profits (Scots Law), rents or profits of an estate obtained by a tenant wrongfully holding over after warning. They are recoverable in a process of removing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Fierce; vehement; outrageous; boisterous; turbulent; impetuous; passionate; severe; extreme. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An assailant. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be violent; to act violently. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The grief is fine, full, perfect, that I taste,
And violenteth in a sense as strong
As that which causeth it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a violent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. viola a violet. ] Tending to a violet color; violascent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. violette a violet (cf. violet violet-colored), dim. of OF. viole a violet, L. viola; akin to Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Iodine. ] 1. (Bot.) 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). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The cultivated sweet violet is Viola odorata of Europe. The common blue violet of the eastern United States is Viola cucullata; the sand, or bird-foot, violet is Viola pedata. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color. Mollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Corn violet. See under Corn. --
Dame's violet. (Bot.) See Damewort. --
Dogtooth violet. (Bot.) See under Dogtooth. --
Water violet (Bot.), an aquatic European herb (Hottonia palustris) with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. violet. See Violet, n. ] Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined. [ 1913 Webster ]

Violet shell (Zool.), any species of Ianthina; -- called also violet snail. See Ianthina. --
Violet wood, a name given to several kinds of hard purplish or reddish woods, as king wood, myall wood, and the wood of the Andira violacea, a tree of Guiana. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any tropical humming bird of the genus Petasophora, having violet or purplish ear tufts. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) A very handsome American butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. violino, dim. of viola. See Viol. ] (Mus.) A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The violin is distinguished for the brilliancy and gayety, as well as the power and variety, of its tones, and in the orchestra it is the leading and most important instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) (a) 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). (b) Mauve aniline. See under Mauve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. violiniste, violoniste, It. violonista. ] A player on the violin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. violiste. ] A player on the viol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. violoncelliste, It. violoncellista. ] A player on the violoncello. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. violoncello, dim. of violone a bass viol. See Violone. ] (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music; a bass viol of four strings, or a bass violin with long, large strings, giving sounds an octave lower than the viola, or tenor or alto violin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. violone, augment. of viola a viol. See Viol. ] (Mus.) The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also double bass. [ Written also violono. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Violent. [ Obs. ] J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Violet + barbituric. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitroso derivative of barbituric acid. It is obtained as a white or yellow crystalline substance, and forms characteristic yellow, blue, and violet salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) See under Violet. [ 1913 Webster ]