- To do violence to
- Violence Vi"o*lence, 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.
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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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.