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  • offend against — sin, transgress; violate (the law) …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • offend — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French offendre, from Latin offendere to strike against, offend, from ob against + fendere to strike more at ob , defend Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to transgress the moral or divine law ; …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • To offend against — Offend Of*fend , v. i. 1. To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin. [1913 Webster] Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. James ii. 10. [1913 Webster] If it be a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • The Seal of Confession —     The Law of the Seal of Confession     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession     In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • offend — [[t]əfe̱nd[/t]] offends, offending, offended 1) VERB If you offend someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them. [V n] He apologizes for his comments and says he had no intention of offending the community... [V n] The… …   English dictionary

  • Offend — Of*fend , v. i. 1. To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin. [1913 Webster] Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. James ii. 10. [1913 Webster] If it be a sin to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • offend */ — UK [əˈfend] / US verb Word forms offend : present tense I/you/we/they offend he/she/it offends present participle offending past tense offended past participle offended 1) [transitive] to make someone upset and angry by doing or saying something… …   English dictionary

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