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To fret; to irritate; to offend. News, my good lord Rome . . . grates me. Shak.

cers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gatees.

At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat. Hooker.

Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.

To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. "I am angry and hurt." Thackeray.

Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark.

Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense.

a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal. What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire disgrace Drygen. The persecution and the pain That man inflicts on infero-ior kinds. Cowper.

To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend.

in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype.

See Knowl, edge. We consider and knowleche that we have offended. Chaucer.

To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender. [Obs.] For which, if be lapsed in this place, I shall pay dear. Shak.

A reading; a variation in the text. We ourselves are offended by the obtrusion of the new lections into the text. De Quincey.

Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. Ex. xxxiv. 6. Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. Shak.

ances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency. Examples of justice must be made for terror to some; examples of mercy for comfort to others. Bacon.

To offend slightly. [Colloq.]

To wrong; to do injury to. [Obs.] Who hath you misboden or offended Chaucer.

The power of smelling; hence, scent. We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master. Collier.

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.