Middle English Dictionary Entry
vī̆olāble adj.
Entry Info
Forms | vī̆olāble adj. |
Etymology | L violābilis or OF violable (FEW 14.486b). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?Of war: violent, destructive; ?of land: vulnerable to attack.
Associated quotations
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.91 : Ye Pightes & fugitiues, viii esenable, Destroyed the lande by warre full violable.