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A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; -- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage.

To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold. He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who slides from a molehill. South.

Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, the tumult of the elements. Addison.

Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.

Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean. Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. Milton.

A violent whirlwind; a typhoon. [Obs.] The circling typhon whirled from point to point. Thomson.

A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas.

Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions. "Unbridled boldness." B. Jonson. Lands deluged by unbridled floods. Wordsworth. -- Un*bri"dled*ness, n. Abp. Leighton.

Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor. But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar. Acts xvii. 5.

To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.

ho turn vampires are generally wizards, witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or by the church, Encyc. Brit.

Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence of love, anger, or other passions. I . . . tremble at his vehemence of temper. Addison.

Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.

Onset; rush; violent draught or wind. [Obs.] Chaucer.

xing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation. Passions too violent . . . afford us nothing but vexation and pain. Sir W. Temple. Those who saw him after a defeat looked in vain for any trace of vexation. Macaulay.

To treat in a violent manner; to abuse. His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape. Milton.

The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force. That seal You ask with such a violence, the king, Mine and your master, with his own hand gave me. Shak. All the elements At least had gone to wrack, disturbed and torn With the violence of this confl…

Violent. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice. Violent gesture and vociferation naturally shake the hearts of the ignorant. Spectator. Plaintive strains succeeding the vociferations of emotion or of pain. Byron.

Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. "The wail of the forest." Longfellow.