vt. 犯罪, 冒犯, 违反, 进攻

vi. 犯罪, 冒犯, 违反, 进攻

[法] 犯法, 犯罪, 触犯

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.

2. To displease; to make angry; to affront.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong
city. --Prov. xviii.
19.

3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong
light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.

4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.]

Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. --Shak.

5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to
stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. [Obs.]

Who hath you misboden or offended. --Chaucer.

If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And
if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. --Matt.
v. 29, 3O.

Great peace have they which love thy law, and
nothing shall offend them. --Ps. cxix.
165.


Offend \Of*fend"\, v. i.
1. To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime;
to stumble; to sin.

Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend
in one point, he is guilty of all. --James ii.
10.

If it be a sin to covet honor,
I am the most offending soul alive. --Shak.

2. To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.

I shall offend, either to detain or give it. --Shak.

{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.