Vi"o*lent , v. i. To be violent; to act violently. [Obs.]
The grief is
fine, full, perfect, that I taste,
And violenteth in a sense as strong
As that which causeth it.
Shak.
Vi"o*lent , v. t. [Cf. F.
violenter.]
To urge with violence. [Obs.] Fuller.
Vi"o*lent , n. An assailant. [Obs.]
Dr. H. More.
Vi"o*lent (?), a. [F., from L.
violentus, from vis strength, force; probably akin to Gr. &?; a
muscle, strength.]
1. Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a
violent blow; the violent attack of a disease.
Float upon a
wild and violent sea.
Shak. A violent cross wind from either coast.
Milton. 2. Acting, characterized, or produced
by unjust or improper force; outrageous;
unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right
of free speech.
To bring forth more violent deeds.
Milton.
Some violent hands were laid on Humphrey's life.
Shak.
3. Produced or effected by force; not
spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.
These violent delights
have violent
ends.
Shak. No
violent state can be perpetual.
T. Burnet. Ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as
violent and void.
Milton. Violent presumption
(Law), presumption of a fact that
arises from proof of circumstances which necessarily attend such facts. -- Violent
profits (Scots Law),
rents or profits of an estate obtained by a tenant
wrongfully holding over after warning. They are recoverable in a process of
removing.
Syn. -- Fierce; vehement; outrageous; boisterous; turbulent;
impetuous; passionate; severe; extreme.
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