English-Thai Dictionary

violate

VT ฝ่าฝืน  ขัดขืน  ละเมิด  ไม่ ทำตาม (กฎ  outrage infringe break obey legitimate fa-fuan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VIOLATE

v.t.[L. violo.] 1. To injure; to hurt; to interrupt; to disturb; as, to violate sleep.
Kindness for man, and pity for his fate, may mix with bliss and yet not violate.
2. To break; to infringe; to transgress; as, to violate the laws of the state, or the rules of good breeding; to violate the divine commands; to violate one's vows or promises. Promises and commands may be violated negatively, by non-observance.
3. To injure; to do violence to.
Forbid to violate the sacred fruit.
4. To treat with irreverence; to profane; as, to violate the sanctity of a holy place.
5. To ravish; to compress by force.

 

VIOLATED

pp. Injured; broken; transgressed; ravished.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VIOLATE

Vi "o *late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Violates; p. pr. & vb. n. Violating. ]Etym: [L. violatus, p. p. of violare to violate, fr. vis strength, force. See Violent. ]

 

1. To treat in a violent manner; to abuse. His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape. Milton.

 

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. Violated vows 'Twixt the souls of friend and friend. Shak. Oft have they violated The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts. Milton.

 

3. To disturb; to interrupt. "Employed, it seems, to violate sleep. " Milton.

 

4. To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.

 

Syn. -- To injure; disturb; interrupt; infringe; transgress; profane; deflour; debauch; dishonor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

violate

vi o late |ˈvīəˌlāt ˈvaɪəˌleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement ): they violated the terms of a ceasefire. • fail to respect (someone's peace, privacy, or rights ): they denied that human rights were being violated. • treat (something sacred ) with irreverence or disrespect: he was accused of violating a tomb. • rape or sexually assault (someone ). DERIVATIVES vi o la tor |-ˌlātər |noun, vi o la ble |-ləbəl |adjective ( rare ), vi o la tive adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin violat- ‘treated violently, ’ from the verb violare.

 

Oxford Dictionary

violate

vio |late |ˈvʌɪəleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement ): they violated the terms of a ceasefire. • fail to respect (someone's peace, privacy, or rights ): they denied that human rights were being violated. 2 treat (something sacred ) with irreverence or disrespect: he was accused of violating a tomb. 3 rape or sexually assault (someone ). DERIVATIVES violator noun, violable adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin violat- ‘treated violently ’, from the verb violare.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

violate

violate verb 1 this violates fundamental human rights: contravene, breach, infringe, break, transgress, overstep, disobey, defy, flout; disregard, ignore, trample on. ANTONYMS comply with. 2 they felt their privacy had been violated: invade, trespass upon, encroach upon, intrude upon; disrespect. ANTONYMS respect. 3 the tomb was violated: desecrate, profane, defile, degrade, debase; damage, vandalize, deface, destroy. 4 he drugged and then violated her: rape, sexually assault, assault, force oneself on, abuse, attack, molest, interfere with; archaic defile, deflower, dishonor, ruin; literary ravish.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

violate

violate verb 1 the directive violates fundamental human rights: contravene, breach, commit a breach of, infringe, infract, break, transgress, overstep, not comply with, disobey, defy, flout, fly in the face of, rebel against; disregard, ignore, pay no heed to, take no notice of; archaic set at naught. ANTONYMS comply with. 2 her daughter's tomb had been violated: desecrate, profane, treat sacrilegiously, treat with disrespect, blaspheme, defile, degrade, debase; damage, vandalize, deface, destroy; N. Amer. informal trash. ANTONYMS respect. 3 she did not like having her personal space violated: invade, intrude on, encroach on, impinge on, trespass on, obtrude on, break into, interfere with, disturb, disrupt, upset, shatter. 4 he drugged her and then violated her: rape, indecently assault, sexually assault, assault, force oneself on, force, sexually abuse, abuse, molest, interfere with, seduce; informal pop someone's cherry, bed; euphemistic have one's (evil ) way with, take advantage of; dated ravish, deflower, defile, dishonour, ruin, take away someone's innocence.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

violate

vi o late /vá (ɪ )əlèɪt /〖語源は 「力で扱う 」〗(名 )violation, violence, (形 )violent 動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～d /-ɪd /; -lating 他動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〈法律 協定など 〉に違反する; 〈約束など 〉を破る (break )▸ violate the law [rule ]法律 [規則 ]に違反する ▸ violate A's trust Aの信頼を裏切る .2 ｟かたい文 ｠〈権利 プライバシーなど 〉を 侵害する; 〈静寂 睡眠など 〉を乱す, 妨げる ▸ violate human rights 人権を侵害する .3 ｟かたく ｠〈神聖な場所 物 〉を汚 （けが ）す , 冒涜 （ぼうとく ）する ; 〈場所 〉に不法侵入する ▸ violate a grave 墓を荒らす ▸ violate the no-fly zone 飛行禁止空域を侵犯する .4 ｟文 遠回しに ｠〈女性 〉を犯す, 強姦 （ごうかん ）する (rape 1 ).