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offend (əˈfɛnd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to hurt the feelings, sense of dignity, etc, of (a person) |
| 2. | (tr) to be disagreeable to; disgust: the smell offended him |
| 3. | (intr except in archaic uses) to break (a law or laws in general) |
| [C14: via Old French offendre to strike against, from Latin offendere, from ob- against + fendere to strike] | |
| of'fender | |
| —n | |
| of'fending | |
| —adj | |
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