Violaceæ (viola see)

pl. 1829), fem. pl. of L. violaceus, violet color: see violaceous.] [NL. (Lindley, of a violet, of a Same as Viola rieæ. violaceous (vi-o-lā'shius), a. [ Buck's Handbook of Med . Sciences, V. 77. 2. Of, resembling, or pertaining to the Viola ricæ ( Violacea ). - Violaceous plantain-eater, Mu sophaga violacea, a turakoo of West Africa from the Came roons to Sene gambia, 17 inches long, having the general plumage violet-blue, washed with a greenish glo on some IMG:content-1858.jpg:[ocr errors][merged small] The dark forests which once clothed those shores had been violated by the savage hand of cultivation. Irving , Knickerbocker, p. 183. 3. To desecrate; dishonor; treat with irreverence; profane, or meddle with profanely. Experience, manhood, honour, ne'er before Did violate so itself. Shak., A. and C., iii. 10. 24. Oft have they violated The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts. Milton , P. R., iii. 160. 4. To infringe; transgre , as a contract, law, promise, or the like, either by a positive act contrary to the promise, etc., or by neglect or non-fulfilment: as, to violate confidence. Thou makest the vestal violate her oath. Shak., Lucrece, 1. 883. The condition was violated , and she again precipitated to Pluto's regions. Bacon , Physical Fables, iii. Those Danes who were settl'd among the East-Angles, erected with new hopes, violated the peace which they had sworn to Alfred. Milton , Hist. Eng., v. 5. To ravish; deflower by force; commit rape IMG:content-1859.jpg:[graphic] on. The Sabins violated Charms Obscur'd the Glory of his rising Arms. Prior, Carmen Seculare. violation (vi-ō-lā'shon), n. [F. violation = Sp. violacion = Pg. violação = It. viol azione, violatio ( n- ), an injury, a profanation, violare , violate: see violate .] 1. The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; interruption, as of sleep or peace; desecration; an act of irreverence; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred or venerable things: as, the violation of a church; infringement; transgre ion; non-observance: as, a violation of law. We are knit together as a body in a most stricte & sacred bond and covenant of the Lord, of the violation wherof we make great consciences. Quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, p. 33. They (the Spartans) commenced the Peloponnesian war in violation of their engagements with Athens; they abandoned it in violation of their engagements with their allies. Macaulay , Mitford's Hist. Greece. bines purple, yellow, and blue. Many species are dim or- pho us in their flowers, producing through summer minute let, + E. aniline.] Same as nigrosine. Com- apetalous ones which are more fertile and are self-ferti pare induline . lized, a fact first observed by Linnæus in the small moun- Violarieæ (vìō-lā-ri'ē-ē), n. pl . [NL. (A. P. tain species V. mirabilis . In some, as V. Cham is son i an a, de Candolle, 1805), Violaria , for Viola , + -eæ .] terreure An order of polypetalous plants, of the series IMG:content-1860.jpg:[ocr errors] minute, are well developed and petal-bearing. 22 species in Canada and over 30 in the United States, of which 17, besides 2 or 3 introduced, occur in the North eastern States, and 16 in the Southern, where they diminish southward, only 4 extending into Texas. The native American species are distinguished into two groups, the stemle violets, chiefly eastern or central, as V. pal Thalami floræ and cohort Parietales. It is characterized by flowers usually with five petals, five sepals, and as many perfect stamens; by anthers nearly or quite connate around the pistil, introrsely dehiscent, and commonly with an append aged connective; and by a one celled ovary, commonly with three placentæ and a me If your pure maidens fall into the hand Of hot and forcing violation . Shak., Hen. V., iii. 3. 21. violative (vi'ō-lā-tiv), a. [ violate + -ive .] Violating; tending to or causing violation. Violative of a vested legal right. Andrews, Manual of the Constitution, p. 211. violator (vi'ō-la-tor), n . [= F. violateur = Pr. violair , violador = Sp. Pg. violador = It. viola tore, L. violator, one who does violence, fanes or treats with irreverence: as, a violator of sacred things.-4. A ravisher. An hypocrite, a virgin- violator. Shak., M. for M., v. 1. 41. Me the sport of ribald Veterans, mine of ruffian violators ! Tennyson, Boadicea.