What does inviolate mean?

Definitions for inviolate
ɪnˈvaɪ ə lɪt, -ˌleɪtin·vi·o·late

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. intact, inviolateadjective

    (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken

    "she was intact, virginal"

  2. inviolable, inviolate, sacrosanctadjective

    must be kept sacred

Wiktionary

  1. inviolateadjective

    Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.

    His fortune of arms was still inviolate. uE000230964uE001 Francis Bacon.

  2. inviolateadjective

    Incorruptible.

  3. Etymology: From inviolatus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Inviolateadjective

    Unhurt; uninjured; unprofaned; unpolluted; unbroken.

    Etymology: inviolate, Fr. inviolatus, Lat.

    His fortune of arms was still inviolate. Francis Bacon, H. VII.

    But let inviolate truth be always dear
    To thee; even before friendship, truth prefer. John Denham.

    If the past
    Can hope a pardon, by those mutual bonds
    Nature has seal'd between us, which though I
    Have cancell'd, thou hast still preserv'd inviolate:
    I beg thy pardon. John Denham, Sophy.

    My love your claim inviolate secures;
    'Tis writ in fate, I can be only yours. John Dryden, Aurengz.

    In all the changes of his doubtful state,
    His truth, like heav'n's, was kept inviolate. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. inviolate

    Steven Siro Vai (; born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, composer, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released eight solo albums to date. He has recorded and toured with Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake, as well as recording with artists such as Public Image Ltd, Mary J. Blige, Spinal Tap, Alice Cooper, Motörhead, and Polyphia. Additionally, Vai has toured with live-only acts G3, Zappa Plays Zappa, and the Experience Hendrix tour, as well as headlining international tours.Vai has been described as a "highly individualistic player" and part of a generation of "heavy rock and metal virtuosi who came to the fore in the 1980s". He released his first solo album Flex-Able in 1984, while his most successful release, Passion and Warfare (1990), was described as "the richest and best hard rock guitar-virtuoso album of the '80s". He was voted the "10th Greatest Guitarist" by Guitar World magazine, and has sold over 15 million records.

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  1. inviolate

    Inviolate is an adjective that refers to something remaining undamaged, untouched, or not infringed upon. It is used to describe situations, principles, rights, places, or objects that have been kept safe and are free from alteration, corruption, or violation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inviolateadjective

    alt. of Inviolated

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inviolate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inviolate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of inviolate in a Sentence

  1. Edmund Burke:

    The distinguishing part of our Constitution is its liberty. To preserve that liberty inviolate seems the particular duty and proper trust of a member of the House of Commons. But the liberty, the only liberty, I mean is a liberty connected with order: that not only exists along with order and virtue, but which cannot exist at all without them. It inheres in good and steady government, as in its substance and vital principle.

  2. Jonathan Finer:

    Because it goes to a very fundamental principle of all nations, that our borders should be inviolate, that our sovereignty should be respected.

  3. Lindsay Graham:

    Precedent is important, but not inviolate.

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