v. i.
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 covet honor,
I am the most offending soul alive. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I shall offend, either to detain or give it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To offend against,
v. t.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. Prov. xviii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]
Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. Shak. [ 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 ]
n. An offender. [ R. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer. [ 1913 Webster ]
I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 1 Kings i. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A woman who offends. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]