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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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