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strument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass. Viola da braccio Etym: [It., viol for the arm], the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the alto. -- Viola da gamba Etym: [It., viol for the leg]…

Capable of being violated, broken, or injured. -- Vi"o*la*bly, adv.

Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.

A dyestuff of the induline group, made from aniline, and used as a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk a violet-blue or a gray-blue color.

A complex nitrogenous substance, produced as a yellow crystalline substance, and regarded as a complex derivative of barbituric acid.

A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor), and decomposing into glucose and quercitrin.

Violescent. [R.]

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

The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated. Specifically: --

Violating, or tending to violate.

One who violates; an infringer; a profaner; a ravisher.

The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.

Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine. He tried a third, a tough, well-chosen spear, The inviolable body stood sincere. Dryden.…

The quality or state of being inviolable; as, the inviolableness of divine justice.

Without violation.

The state or quality of being inviolate; as, the inviolacy of an oath.

Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken. His fortune of arms was still inviolate. Bacon.

In an inviolate manner.

The state of being inviolate.

Inviolable.