[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

offend \offend\, 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.
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   3. to be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong
      light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
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   4. to transgress; to violate; to sin against. obs.
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            marry, sir, he hath offended the law. --shak.
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   5. script. to oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to
      stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. obs.
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            who hath you misboden or offended.    --chaucer.
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            if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . and
            if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. --matt.
                                                  v. 29, 3o.
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            great peace have they which love thy law, and
            nothing shall offend them.            --ps. cxix.
                                                  165.
      1913 webster
see also:
offended offending ob- defend 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

offend \offend"\, v. i.
   1. to transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime;
      to stumble; to sin.
      1913 webster

            whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend
            in one point, he is guilty of all.    --james ii.
                                                  10.
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            if it be a sin to covet honor,
            i am the most offending soul alive.   --shak.
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   2. to cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.
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            i shall offend, either to detain or give it. --shak.
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   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
to offend against 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

offend
     v 1: cause to feel resentment or indignation; "her tactless
          remark offended me" syn: pique
     2: act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of
        humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization";
        "break a law" syn: transgress, infract, violate, go
        against, breach, break
     3: strike with disgust or revulsion; "the scandalous behavior
        of this married woman shocked her friends" syn: shock,
        scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
     4: hurt the feelings of; "she hurt me when she did not include
        me among her guests"; "this remark really bruised me ego"
        syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, spite
see also:
pique transgress infract violate go against breach 
break shock scandalize scandalise appal 
appall outrage hurt wound injure 
bruise spite 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

94 moby thesaurus words for "offend":
   affront, aggrieve, anger, annoy, appall, blemish, blot, breach,
   break, call names, chagrin, commit sin, contravene, deface,
   disfigure, disgruntle, disgust, dishonor, disoblige, displease,
   distress, disturb, do amiss, do wrong, dump on, dysphemize,
   embarrass, err, exasperate, excite, fleer at, flout, fret, gall,
   gibe at, give offense, give offense to, give umbrage, grieve,
   gross out, horrify, humiliate, hurl a brickbat, hurt,
   hurt the feelings, infract, infringe, insult, irritate, jeer at,
   jibe at, look a fright, look a mess, look bad, look like hell,
   look something terrible, mar, miff, mock, nauseate, needle, nettle,
   offend the eye, outrage, pain, pique, provoke, put down, put off,
   rankle, rattle, repel, repulse, revolt, rile, ruffle, scandalize,
   scoff at, shock, sicken, sin, slight, snub, spoil, sting, taunt,
   transgress, treat with indignity, trespass, turn the stomach,
   uglify, upset, vex, wound

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