"do violence to" meaning in All languages combined

See do violence to on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: does violence to [present, singular, third-person], doing violence to [participle, present], did violence to [past], done violence to [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> violence to}} do violence to (third-person singular simple present does violence to, present participle doing violence to, simple past did violence to, past participle done violence to)
  1. To gravely harm. Synonyms: damage, wound, harm
    Sense id: en-do_violence_to-en-verb-L0PjmLxg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "form": "does violence to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doing violence to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "did violence to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "done violence to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 48:",
          "text": "He starts by stating (in somewhat dated terms) that despite the report's focus on profitability, \"none of the proposals put forward here does violence to concepts which others might reasonably have wished to include\" -[…].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gravely harm."
      ],
      "id": "en-do_violence_to-en-verb-L0PjmLxg",
      "links": [
        [
          "gravely",
          "gravely"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "damage"
        },
        {
          "word": "wound"
        },
        {
          "word": "harm"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "do violence to"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "does violence to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doing violence to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "did violence to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "done violence to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "do<does,,did,done> violence to"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 48:",
          "text": "He starts by stating (in somewhat dated terms) that despite the report's focus on profitability, \"none of the proposals put forward here does violence to concepts which others might reasonably have wished to include\" -[…].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gravely harm."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gravely",
          "gravely"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "damage"
        },
        {
          "word": "wound"
        },
        {
          "word": "harm"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "do violence to"
}

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