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offend |
2 definitions found 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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