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   Offend , 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.]
   To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.]
   Sir P. Sidney.
   
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   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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   To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
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   To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.]
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   Marry, sir, he hath offended the law.
   Shak.
   
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   (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, v. i.
   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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   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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