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Definition of Offends
1. offend [v] - See also: offend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Offends
Literary usage of Offends
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Church by Robert Southey (1825)
"... if that which offends the weak brother is to be avoided, much more that which
offends the strong;" and they voted that it should be duly observed. ..."
2. Voltaire by John Morley (1872)
"... with extreme abhorrence.2 The Pucelle offends two modern sentiments, the love
of modesty, and the love for the heroic personages of history. ..."
3. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1823)
"Thomson adroitly drops the innocent nose, of which one word seems to have lost
its original signification, and the other offends now by its familiarity. ..."
4. Europe Since 1815 by Charles Downer Hazen (1910)
"Treaty of commerce offends Protectionists. throw of long-established, legitimate
governments, he made legitimate governments everywhere suspicious and even ..."
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