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† ˈviolency Obs.
Also 6 violensie, -cye, 6–7 -cie.
[ad. L. violentia: see violence n.]
Violence, in various senses.
1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde Y v, Accordynge to the aptitude or feoblenesse in resistence of the place receauyng it: and the force or violencye of nature..sendynge it. 1556J. Heywood Spider & Fly xix. 25 My carte wheele catchth holde of the corner poaste Against my will, and by violencie, Asunder crussheth it. 1559–66Hist. Estate Scot. in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 66 To resist the violencie of their adversaries. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass i. (1664) 13 Such fare, as may banish and expel contagion and violencie from nature.
b. In pl. Cf. violence n. 2.
c1630Sanderson Serm. (1681) II. 258 Although the text speaks expresly only of death; yet..all other violencies and injuries are intended. 1632Sir T. Hawkins tr. Mathieu's Unhappy Prosperitie 199 Of all his violencies, the most execrable was the death of the Architect, who skilfully re⁓edified..the..portall of Rome. 1660Jer. Taylor Ductor iii. ii. rule 3 §2 He may do what is in his natural capacity to avoid these violencies and extremities of nature. |