Violent

Vi"o*lent, v. i. To be violent; to act violently. [Obs.]

The grief is fine, full, perfect, that I taste,
And violenteth in a sense as strong
As that which causeth it.

Vi"o*lent (?), a. [F., from L. violentus, from vis strength, force; probably akin to Gr. ? a muscle, strength.] 1. Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease.

Float upon a wild and violent sea.

A violent cross wind from either coast.

2. Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.

To bring forth more violent deeds.

Some violent hands were laid on Humphrey's life.

3. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.

These violent delights have violent ends.

No violent state can be perpetual.

Ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void.

Violent presumption (Law), presumption of a fact that arises from proof of circumstances which necessarily attend such facts. -- Violent profits (Scots Law), rents or profits of an estate obtained by a tenant wrongfully holding over after warning. They are recoverable in a process of removing.

Syn. -- Fierce; vehement; outrageous; boisterous; turbulent; impetuous; passionate; severe; extreme.

Vi"o*lent, n. An assailant. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Vi"o*lent, v. t. [Cf. F. violenter.] To urge with violence. [Obs.] Fuller.