"violent" meaning in Middle English

See violent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌviːɔlˈɛnt/, /ˌviːəlˈɛnt/, /viəlˈɛnt/, /ˈviːəlɛnt/ Forms: violente [plural], violente [singular, weak], vyolent [alternative], wyolent [alternative], vilent [alternative]
Etymology: From Old French violent, from Latin violentus. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|violent}} Old French violent, {{der|enm|la|violentus}} Latin violentus Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|plural and weak singular|violente||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} violent (plural and weak singular violente), {{enm-adj|violente}} violent (plural and weak singular violente)
  1. Violent, forcible, injury-causing.
    Sense id: en-violent-enm-adj-mD2kVIF4 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 20 15 13 17
  2. Potent, mighty, damaging, forceful
    Sense id: en-violent-enm-adj-15J6Qc-G Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Government Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 20 15 13 17 Disambiguation of Government: 0 100 0 0 0 0
  3. Severe, extreme; excessive in magnitude.
    Sense id: en-violent-enm-adj-KaT9S-XK Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 20 15 13 17
  4. Tending to cause injuries; likely to cause violence.
    Sense id: en-violent-enm-adj-eh7Uo7wo Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Violence Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 20 15 13 17 Disambiguation of Violence: 7 9 1 65 12 5
  5. Abrupt; happening without warning or notice.
    Sense id: en-violent-enm-adj-vRobtyvP Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 20 15 13 17
  6. (rare) Despotic, authoritarian; ruling unfairly. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-violent-enm-adj-eH2xknft Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 20 15 13 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: violence, violently
Categories (other): Pathology Disambiguation of Pathology: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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