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verb

Offend v. t. (past & past part. offended; pres. part. offending)

1.

To strike against; to attack; to assail. (Obs.)

2.

To displease; to make angry; to affront. "A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city."

3.

To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.

4.

To transgress; to violate; to sin against. (Obs.) "Marry, sir, he hath offended the law."

5.

(Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. (Obs.) "Who hath you misboden or offended." "If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out... And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off." "Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing shall offend them."

Offend v. i.

1.

To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin. "Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." "If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive."

2.

To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease. "I shall offend, either to detain or give it."

To offend against, to do an injury or wrong to; to commit an offense against. "We have offended against the Lord already."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Offending" Quotes from Famous Books

... the stirring events of 1745. He was an ardent supporter of the Pretender, and made no attempt to conceal his views. Jacobite tendencies were indeed generally prevalent in the College at the time, and had this been the sum of his offending, it is probable that little notice would have been taken by the College authorities. But his notoriously wild life told against the young man, and certain dark suspicions were not easily passed over. After the fiasco of the Rebellion Dr. Holmes, then President of the College, ...

— The Lost Stradivarius • John Meade Falkner

... Francisco Bascagnan, who was an eye witness, many of the spectators compassionated the fate of the unfortunate soldier; and Maulican, to whom the office of dispatching him was assigned as a mark of honour, is said to have declared that he accepted of it with extreme reluctance, and merely to avoid offending his commander the toqui. The torture of an innocent prisoner, upon whatever motive or pretence, is certainly a crime against humanity of the deepest dye, and can never be justified on ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 5 • Robert Kerr

... have known several offending priests to receive this summons; I never knew of one who dared disregard the summons; I never knew of one who received it who was not filled with dire foreboding; and I never knew an instance where the man was ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators • Elbert Hubbard

... you have brought me here to meet him; that we have been waiting for him to come; that some one has sent him my photograph and that he——Oh, it is unbearable!" She broke off and snatched at the offending paper, that she might once more sear her vision ...

— King John of Jingalo - The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties • Laurence Housman

... host's chair. For a moment he was so stunned and hurt that he could hardly trust himself to speak. He looked up and saw the expression of pain on Margaret's face, and instantly remembered where he was and who was offending him. ...

— The Fortunes of Oliver Horn • F. Hopkinson Smith

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