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or out from; proceeding from; belonging to; relating to; concerning; -- used in a variety of applications; as:

Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.

The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.

That which is cut off.

See Offense.

To displease; to make angry; to affront. A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. Prov. xviii. 19.

An offender. [R.] Holland.

One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer. I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 1 Kings i. 21.

A woman who offends. Shak.

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.

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up. Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement. Ex. xxix. 36. A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices. 1 Pet. ii. 5.

Capable of being offered; suitable or worthy to be offered.

One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship. Hooker.

The act of an offerer; a proffering.

The act of offering, or the thing offered. [Obs. or R.] Bacon. Bp. Fell.