Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Odfend \Od*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.

   2. To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.

            I shall offend, either to detain or give it. --Shak.

   {To offend against}, to do an injury or wrong to; to commit
      an offense against. ``We have offended against the Lord
      already.'' --2 Chron. xxviii. 13.