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offend

verb
/əˈfɛnd/

Etymology

From Middle French offendre, from Latin offendō (“strike, blunder, commit an offense”), from ob- (“against”) + *fendō (“strike”).

  1. derived from offendō — “strike, blunder, commit an offense”
  2. derived from offendre

Definitions

  1. To hurt the feelings of

    To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.

    • Your accusations offend me deeply.

  2. To feel or become offended

    To feel or become offended; to take insult.

    • Don't worry. I don't offend easily.

  3. To physically harm, pain.

    • Strong light offends the eye.
    • Som fowles there be that have so perfaict ſight Agayn the Sonne their Iyes for to defend And ſom bicauſe the light doeth theim offend Do never pere but in the darke or nyght
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.

      • Physically enjoyable frivolity can still offend the conscience

    2. To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.

      • I dailie and hourelie offend in thought, word, and deed, in a relapſe by mine owne weakneſſe and wilfulneſſe, my bonus Genius, my good protecting angel is gone, I am falne from that I was, or would bee, worſe and worſe, […]

    3. To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.

      • Wearing faded baggy offends against the club's rules of proper dress.
      • The plaintiff’s claim is replete with conclusions, expressions of opinion, and evidence. Therefore, the statement of claim offends the rules of pleading and ought to be struck out pursuant to Queen’s Bench Rule 25.11(b).

    4. To cause to stumble

      To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.

      • "If any man offend not (stumbles not, is not tripped up) in word, the same is a perfect man."
      • "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out."

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Derived

offendable, offendedly, offendedness, offendee, offender, offendor, offendotron, reoffend, repeat offend

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at offend. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01offend02insult03obnoxious04exposed05susceptible06sensitive07offended

A definitional loop anchored at offend. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at offend

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA