ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED1.] That has been subjected to violation.
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.
1625. K. Long, trans. Barclays Argenis, III. xxi. 217. He foresaw the infamy of violated hospitality.
1645. Milton, Tetrach., Wks. 1851, IV. 164. They argue nothing to the continuance of a false or violated Mariage.
1697. Dryden, Æneid, XII. 221. Of evry Latian fair, whom Jove misled To mount by stealth my violated bed.
c. 1760. Smollett, Ode to Indep., 6. Deep in the frozen regions of the north, A goddess violated brought thee forth.
1784. Cowper, Task, II. 340. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders.
1828. Tytler, Hist. Scot., I. 118. In vindication of his violated rights.
1879. Dixon, Windsor, II. xii. 131. The violated charters were restored.