Marry, sir, he hath offended the law.
Shak.
5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to
cause to sin or to fall. [Obs.]
Who hath you misboden or offended.
Chaucer.
If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And if thy right
hand offend thee, cut it off.
Matt. v. 29, 3O.
Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing shall offend
them.
Ps. cxix. 165.
Of*fend", v. i. 1. To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a
crime; to stumble; to sin.
Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he
is guilty of all.
James ii. 10.
If it be a sin to cevet honor, I am the most offending soul alive.
Shak.