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violed

violed is the simple past and past participle of viol.

Meaning of viol

Verb

viol (third-person singular simple present viols, present participle (US) violing or (UK) violling, simple past and past participle (US) violed or (UK) violled)

  1. To play the viol.
    • “Keep your gold for those who lack it, mistress,” said Henry, “and do not offer to honest hands the money that is won by violing, and tabouring, and toetripping, and perhaps worse pastimes.1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and...

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Questions about violed

What is violed the simple past and past participle of?
Violed is the simple past and past participle of viol.

Words near violed in the dictionary

  1. violaxanthins
  2. viole
  3. viole da braccio
  4. viole da gamba
  5. viole di bordone
  6. violed
  7. violence
  8. violence-ridden
  9. violenced
  10. violences
  11. violencies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: violed (page history and authors); viol (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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