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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To displease; to make angry; to affront. [ 1913 Webster ] A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. Prov. xviii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Who hath you misboden or offended. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. Matt. v. 29, 3O. [ 1913 Webster ] Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing shall offend them. Ps. cxix. 165. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
