(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:32:01

In*vi"o*late (?), In*vi"o*la`ted (?), a. [L. inviolatus. See In- not, and Violate.]

1.

Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken.

His fortune of arms was still inviolate. Bacon.

2.

Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure.

"Inviolate truth."

Denham.

There chaste Alceste lives inviolate. Spenser.

 

© Webster 1913.

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