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‖n. [ It. violone, augment. of viola a viol. See Viol. ] (Mus.) The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also double bass. [ Written also violono. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. violentia. See Violent. ] 1. The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force. [ 1913 Webster ]

That seal
You ask with such a violence, the king,
Mine and your master, with his own hand gave me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the elements
At least had gone to wrack, disturbed and torn
With the violence of this conflict. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do violence to do man. Luke iii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

We can not, without offering violence to all records, divine and human, deny an universal deluge. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Looking down, he saw
The whole earth filled with violence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ravishment; rape; constupration. [ 1913 Webster ]

To do violence on, to attack; to murder. “She . . . did violence on herself.” Shak. --
To do violence to, to outrage; to injure; as, he does violence to his own opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Vehemence; outrage; fierceness; eagerness; violation; infraction; infringement; transgression; oppression. [ 1913 Webster ]