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See Misspense. Bp. Hall.

A spending improperly; a wasting. [Obs.] Barrow.

Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense organs.

Not condensible; incapable of being liquefied; -- said of gases.

Not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.

Not extensile; incapable of being stretched.

That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.

Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational; preposterous. -- Non*sen"si*cal*ly, adv. -- Non*sen"si*cal*ness, n.

Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected.

The act of obtending. [Obs.] Johnson.

The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury. Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification. Rom. iv. 25. I have given my opinion against the authority of two great men, but I hope without offense to their memories. Dryden.

Causing offense; displeasing; wrong; as, an offenseful act. [R.]

Unoffending; inoffensive.

That may give offense. [Obs.]

Assault; attack. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

Frequently; often. [Obs.] For whom I sighed have so oftensith. Gascoigne.

The quality or state of being ostensible.

lared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim. D. Ramsay.

In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently. Walsh. Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico. U. S. Grant.