Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Violate

Violate , transitive verb

[Latin violatus, past participle of violare to violate, from vis strength, force. See Violent.]

1.
To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape. — Milton
2.
To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe.
Violated vows 'Twixt the souls of friend and friend. — Shakespeare
Oft have they violated The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts. — Milton
3.
To disturb; to interrupt.
Employed, it seems, to violate sleep. — Milton
4.
To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.