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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. To displease; to make angry; to affront.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong
city. --Prov. xviii.
19.
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. --Shak.
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. --Chaucer.
If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And
if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off --Matt.
v. 29, 3O.
Great peace have they which love thy law, and
nothing shall offend them --Ps. cxix.
165.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
offend
v 1: cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless
remark offended me" [syn: {pique}]
2: act in disregard of laws and rules "offend all laws of
humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization";
"break a law" [syn: {transgress}, {infract}, {violate}, {go
against}, {breach}, {break}]
3: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior
of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: {shock},
{scandalize}, {appal}, {appall}, {outrage}]
4: hurt the feelings of "She hurt me when she did not include
me among her guests" [syn: {hurt}, {wound}, {injure}, {spite}]
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