† violentedadj.
Obsolete.
Imposed or exacted by force; enforced. Also: strained, distorted.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [adjective]
corruptc1386
racked1546
detorted?1550
wrested1551
writhen1551
writhed1562
forced1583
tortured1603
strained1609
distorted1641
violented1641
crook1647
extorted1652
refracted1655
madly wrested1656
wry1663
corrupted1699
non-natural1844
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective] > done, produced, or obtained by compulsion
threata1400
constraintc1430
compelled1541
compulsed1541
violent?1550
extorted1552
wrested1565
coacted1570
enforced1576
forced1576
compulsory1581
commandeda1586
coactive1596
infortiate1601
extortious1602
coact1610
compulsive1611
exacted1618
necessitous1632
violented1641
necessary1655
on-forced1656
commandatorya1659
extorsive1669
compellable1677
compulsatory1748
obbligato1780
coerced1877
mandatory1891
shotgun1937
1641 Petit. & Protestation Twelve Bishops (single sheet) During such time of their forced and violented absence from the said most honourable House.
1642 H. Parker Observ. His Majesties late Answers 33 A strange violented wrested conclusion.
1661 J. Howell Twelve Several Treat. 90 It reaches to their very soules and consciences, by violented new coercive Oaths and Protestations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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