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Offend \Of*fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offended}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Offending}.] [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob
(see {Ob-}) fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See
{Defend}.]
1. To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.] --Sir P.
Sidney.
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2. To displease; to make angry; to affront.
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A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong
city. --Prov. xviii.
19.
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3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong
light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
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4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.]
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Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. --Shak.
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5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to
stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. [Obs.]
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Who hath you misboden or offended. --Chaucer.
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If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And
if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. --Matt.
v. 29, 3O.
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Great peace have they which love thy law, and
nothing shall offend them. --Ps. cxix.
165.
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Offend \Of*fend"\, v. i.
1. To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime;
to stumble; to sin.
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Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend
in one point, he is guilty of all. --James ii.
10.
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If it be a sin to covet honor,
I am the most offending soul alive. --Shak.
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2. To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.
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I shall offend, either to detain or give it. --Shak.
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{To offend against}, to do an injury or wrong to; to commit
an offense against. "We have offended against the Lord
already." --2 Chron. xxviii. 13.
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