ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED1.] That has been subjected to violation.

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1593.  Shaks., Lucr., 1059. Thou shalt not know The stained taste of violated troth. Ibid. (1600), A. Y. L., III. ii. 141. Violated vowes, twixt the soules of friend, and friend.

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1625.  K. Long, trans. Barclay’s Argenis, III. xxi. 217. He foresaw the infamy of violated hospitality.

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1645.  Milton, Tetrach., Wks. 1851, IV. 164. They argue nothing to the continuance of a false or violated Mariage.

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1697.  Dryden, Æneid, XII. 221. Of ev’ry Latian fair, whom Jove misled To mount by stealth my violated bed.

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c. 1760.  Smollett, Ode to Indep., 6. Deep in the frozen regions of the north, A goddess violated brought thee forth.

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1784.  Cowper, Task, II. 340. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders.

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1828.  Tytler, Hist. Scot., I. 118. In vindication of his violated rights.

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1879.  Dixon, Windsor, II. xii. 131. The violated charters were restored.

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