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古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Viol
(n.)
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.
Viol
(n.)
A large rope sometimes used in weighing anchor.
Viola
(n.)
A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all
kinds of violets.
Viola
(n.)
An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but
larger, and a fifth lower in compass.
Violable
(a.)
Capable of being violated, broken, or injured.
Violaceous
(a.)
Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.
Violaceous
(a.)
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.
Violaniline
(n.)
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.
Violantin
(n.)
A complex nitrogenous substance, produced as a yellow
crystalline substance, and regarded as a complex derivative of
barbituric acid.
Violaquercitrin
(n.)
A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the
pansy (Viola tricolor), and decomposing into glucose and quercitrin.
Violascent
(a.)
Violescent.
Violate
(v. t.)
To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
Violate
(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.
Violate
(v. t.)
To disturb; to interrupt.
Violate
(v. t.)
To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.
Violates
(imp. & p. p.)
of Violate
Violating
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Violate
Violation
(n.)
The act of violating, treating with violence, or
injuring; the state of being violated.
Violation
(n.)
Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the
violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc.
Violation
(n.)
An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or
contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.