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reviolate

reviolate verb: to violate again.

Verb

reviolate (third-person singular simple present reviolates, present participle reviolating, simple past and past participle reviolated)

  1. To violate again.
    • Those polluted external intruders who cross the boundaries of her ritual sanctuary unwittingly "reviolate" her bodily boundaries with the pollutants which they exude.1994, Marcia Claire Inhorn, Quest for conception
    • Z felt most comfortable imposing the death penalty where the defendant is 'incorrigible and would reviolate if released,' and less comfortable where the defendant is found to have been 'temporarily insane.'2007, Lorraine V. Coyne, Capital Punishment Update, →ISBN, page 92

Forms of reviolate

third-person singular presentreviolates
present participlereviolating
past participlereviolated
pastreviolated

Origin of reviolate

From re- + violate.

Questions about reviolate

What does reviolate mean?
Reviolate means to violate again.
What part of speech is reviolate?
Reviolate is a verb.
What is the past tense of reviolate?
The past tense of reviolate is reviolated.

Words near reviolate in the dictionary

  1. revindicated
  2. revindicates
  3. revindicating
  4. revindication
  5. revindications
  6. reviolate
  7. reviolated
  8. reviolates
  9. reviolating
  10. reviolation
  11. reviparin

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