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▪ I. offending, vbl. n.|əˈfɛndɪŋ|
[f. offend + -ing1.]
The action of the verb offend; offence, transgression; † hurting; a stumbling-block (obs.).
1388Wyclif Jer. iv. 1 If thou takist awei thin offendyngis [1382 hurtende thingus] fro my face, thou schalt not be mouyd. 1500–20Dunbar Poems ix. 39 To forgif my nychtbouris offending. 1604Shakes. Oth. i. iii. 80 The verie head, and front of my offending, Hath this extent; no more. 1864Realm 1 June 7 Signor Scalese's offendings in this respect..were very slight and few.
▪ II. oˈffending, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That offends (in various senses of the verb).
1552Huloet, Offendynge, offensans. c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxxviii. iv, Offending bowes, and armor for defence. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, iv. iii. 29 If it be a sinne to couet Honor, I am the most offending Soule aliue. 1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 201/2 It gives Ease and Help in most Diseases of the Breast and Lungs,..calling forth the offending Matter which causes Coughs, Hoarseness [etc.]. 1713Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 240 Offending daughters oft wou'd hear Vanessa's praise rung in their ear. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 249 They determined to compel the offending bishop to withdraw his words. |