inviolate Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken
intact.
- she was intact, virginal
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adjective satellite must be kept sacred
inviolable; sacrosanct.
WordNet
In*vi"o*late, In*vi"o*la`ted adjective
(Also<
- Inviolate
- Inviolated
)
Etymology
L.Definitions
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Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken. His fortune of arms was still inviolate. Bacon.
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Not corrupted, defiled, or profaned; chaste; pure. "Inviolate truth." Denham.There chaste Alceste lives inviolate. Spenser.