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Divisible offenseDivisible Di*vis"i*ble, a. [L. divisibilis, fr. dividere: cf.
F. divisible. See Divide.]
Capable of being divided or separated.
Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. --Sir
W. Hamilton.
Divisible contract (Law), a contract containing agreements
one of which can be separated from the other.
Divisible offense (Law), an offense containing a lesser
offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the latter
there can be an acquittal, while on the former there can
be a conviction. -- Di*vis"i*ble*ness, n. --
Di*vis"i*bly, adv. InoffensiveInoffensive In"of*fen"sive, a. [Pref. in- not + offensiue: cf.
F. inoffensif.]
1. Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness,
annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer,
appearance.
2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. --Dryden.
3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance.
[R.] --Milton.
So have Iseen a river gintly glide In a smooth
course, and inoffensive tide. --Addison.
-- In"of*fen"sive*ly, adv. -- In"of*fen"sive*ness, n. InoffensivelyInoffensive In"of*fen"sive, a. [Pref. in- not + offensiue: cf.
F. inoffensif.]
1. Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness,
annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer,
appearance.
2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. --Dryden.
3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance.
[R.] --Milton.
So have Iseen a river gintly glide In a smooth
course, and inoffensive tide. --Addison.
-- In"of*fen"sive*ly, adv. -- In"of*fen"sive*ness, n. InoffensivenessInoffensive In"of*fen"sive, a. [Pref. in- not + offensiue: cf.
F. inoffensif.]
1. Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness,
annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer,
appearance.
2. Harmless; doing no injury or mischief. --Dryden.
3. Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance.
[R.] --Milton.
So have Iseen a river gintly glide In a smooth
course, and inoffensive tide. --Addison.
-- In"of*fen"sive*ly, adv. -- In"of*fen"sive*ness, n. League offensive and defensiveOffensive Of*fen"sive, a. [Cf.F. offensif. See Offend.]
1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment;
displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.
2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable;
revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive
sounds. ``Offensive to the stomach.' --Bacon.
3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence,
used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an
offensive war; offensive weapons.
League offensive and defensive, a leaque that requires all
the parties to it to make war together against any foe,
and to defend one another if attacked.
Syn: Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious;
abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy;
reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive;
scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading. --
Of*fen"sive*ly, adv. -- Of*fen"sive*ness, n. Major offenseMajor Ma"jor, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F.
majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor, Magnitude, More, a.]
1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part
of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major
part of the territory.
2. Of greater dignity; more important. --Shak.
3. Of full legal age. [Obs.]
4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in
difference of pitch from another tone.
Major axis (Geom.), the greater axis. See Focus, n., 2.
Major key (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and
three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major
seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make
minor seconds.
Major offense (Law), an offense of a greater degree which
contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include
assault.
Major premise (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which
contains the major term.
Major scale (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has
semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and
fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the
major mode, of which the third is major. See Scale, and
Diatonic.
Major second (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a
difference in pitch of a step.
Major sixth (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step.
In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are
major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from
minors, are more cheerful.
Major term (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms
the predicate of the conclusion.
Major third (Mus.), a third of two steps. OffenceOffence Of*fence", n.
See Offense. OffenceOffense Of*fense", Offence Of*fence", n. [F., fr. L.
offensa. See Offend.]
1. 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.
2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger;
displeasure.
He was content to give them just cause of offense,
when they had power to make just revenge. --Sir P.
Sidney.
3. A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin. [Obs.]
Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! --Matt.
xviii. 7.
Note: This word, like expense, is often spelled with a c. It
ought, however, to undergo the same change with
expense, the reasons being the same, namely, that s
must be used in offensive as in expensive, and is found
in the Latin offensio, and the French offense.
To take offense, to feel, or assume to be, injured or
affronted; to become angry or hostile.
Weapons of offense, those which are used in attack, in
distinction from those of defense, which are used to
repel.
Syn: Displeasure; umbrage; resentment; misdeed; misdemeanor;
trespass; transgression; delinquency; fault; sin; crime;
affront; indignity; outrage; insult. OffendOffend Of*fend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offended; p. pr. & vb.
n. Offending.] [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob
(see Ob-) + fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See
Defend.]
1. To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.] --Sir P.
Sidney.
2. To displease; to make angry; to affront.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong
city. --Prov. xviii.
19.
3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong
light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.]
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. Offendant
Offendant Of*fend"ant, n.
An offender. [R.] --Holland.
OffendedOffend Of*fend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offended; p. pr. & vb.
n. Offending.] [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob
(see Ob-) + fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See
Defend.]
1. To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.] --Sir P.
Sidney.
2. To displease; to make angry; to affront.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong
city. --Prov. xviii.
19.
3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong
light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.]
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. Offender
Offender Of*fend"er, n.
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.
OffendingOffend Of*fend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offended; p. pr. & vb.
n. Offending.] [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob
(see Ob-) + fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See
Defend.]
1. To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.] --Sir P.
Sidney.
2. To displease; to make angry; to affront.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong
city. --Prov. xviii.
19.
3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong
light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.]
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. Offendress
Offendress Of*fend"ress, n.
A woman who offends. --Shak.
OffenseOffense Of*fense", Offence Of*fence", n. [F., fr. L.
offensa. See Offend.]
1. 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.
2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger;
displeasure.
He was content to give them just cause of offense,
when they had power to make just revenge. --Sir P.
Sidney.
3. A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin. [Obs.]
Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! --Matt.
xviii. 7.
Note: This word, like expense, is often spelled with a c. It
ought, however, to undergo the same change with
expense, the reasons being the same, namely, that s
must be used in offensive as in expensive, and is found
in the Latin offensio, and the French offense.
To take offense, to feel, or assume to be, injured or
affronted; to become angry or hostile.
Weapons of offense, those which are used in attack, in
distinction from those of defense, which are used to
repel.
Syn: Displeasure; umbrage; resentment; misdeed; misdemeanor;
trespass; transgression; delinquency; fault; sin; crime;
affront; indignity; outrage; insult. Offenseful
Offenseful Of*fense"ful, a.
Causing offense; displeasing; wrong; as, an offenseful act.
[R.]
Offenseless
Offenseless Of*fense"less, a.
Unoffending; inoffensive.
Offensible
Offensible Of*fen"si*ble, a.
That may give offense. [Obs.]
Offension
Offension Of*fen"sion, n. [OF., fr. L. offensio an offense.]
Assault; attack. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
OffensiveOffensive Of*fen"sive, a. [Cf.F. offensif. See Offend.]
1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment;
displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.
2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable;
revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive
sounds. ``Offensive to the stomach.' --Bacon.
3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence,
used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an
offensive war; offensive weapons.
League offensive and defensive, a leaque that requires all
the parties to it to make war together against any foe,
and to defend one another if attacked.
Syn: Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious;
abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy;
reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive;
scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading. --
Of*fen"sive*ly, adv. -- Of*fen"sive*ness, n. OffensiveOffensive Of*fen"sive, n.
The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack;
aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; --
opposed to defensive.
To act on the offensive, to be the attacking party. OffensivelyOffensive Of*fen"sive, a. [Cf.F. offensif. See Offend.]
1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment;
displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.
2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable;
revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive
sounds. ``Offensive to the stomach.' --Bacon.
3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence,
used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an
offensive war; offensive weapons.
League offensive and defensive, a leaque that requires all
the parties to it to make war together against any foe,
and to defend one another if attacked.
Syn: Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious;
abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy;
reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive;
scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading. --
Of*fen"sive*ly, adv. -- Of*fen"sive*ness, n. OffensivenessOffensive Of*fen"sive, a. [Cf.F. offensif. See Offend.]
1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment;
displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.
2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable;
revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive
sounds. ``Offensive to the stomach.' --Bacon.
3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence,
used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an
offensive war; offensive weapons.
League offensive and defensive, a leaque that requires all
the parties to it to make war together against any foe,
and to defend one another if attacked.
Syn: Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious;
abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy;
reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive;
scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading. --
Of*fen"sive*ly, adv. -- Of*fen"sive*ness, n. Police offensesPolice Po*lice", n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a
state, government, administration, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be a
citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. ? citizen, fr.
? city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. Policy polity,
Polity.]
1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a
city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights,
order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement
of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of
the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or
borough.
2. That which concerns the order of the community; the
internal regulation of a state.
3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or
district, whose particular duties are the preservation of
good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the
enforcement of the laws.
4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to
preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements
in a camp or garrison.
5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state ? a camp
as to cleanliness.
Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually one of a
board, commissioned to regulate and control the
appointment, duties, and discipline of the police.
Police constable, or Police officer, a policeman.
Police court, a minor court to try persons brought before
it by the police.
Police inspector, an officer of police ranking next below a
superintendent.
Police jury, a body of officers who collectively exercise
jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes,
etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier.
Police justice, or Police magistrate, a judge of a police
court.
Police offenses (Law), minor offenses against the order of
the community, of which a police court may have final
jurisdiction.
Police station, the headquarters of the police, or of a
section of them; the place where the police assemble for
orders, and to which they take arrested persons. To act on the offensiveOffensive Of*fen"sive, n.
The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack;
aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; --
opposed to defensive.
To act on the offensive, to be the attacking party. To offend againstOdfend 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. To take offenseOffense Of*fense", Offence Of*fence", n. [F., fr. L.
offensa. See Offend.]
1. 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.
2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger;
displeasure.
He was content to give them just cause of offense,
when they had power to make just revenge. --Sir P.
Sidney.
3. A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin. [Obs.]
Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! --Matt.
xviii. 7.
Note: This word, like expense, is often spelled with a c. It
ought, however, to undergo the same change with
expense, the reasons being the same, namely, that s
must be used in offensive as in expensive, and is found
in the Latin offensio, and the French offense.
To take offense, to feel, or assume to be, injured or
affronted; to become angry or hostile.
Weapons of offense, those which are used in attack, in
distinction from those of defense, which are used to
repel.
Syn: Displeasure; umbrage; resentment; misdeed; misdemeanor;
trespass; transgression; delinquency; fault; sin; crime;
affront; indignity; outrage; insult. Unoffensive
Unoffensive Un`of*fen"sive, a.
Inoffensive.
Weapons of offenseOffense Of*fense", Offence Of*fence", n. [F., fr. L.
offensa. See Offend.]
1. 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.
2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger;
displeasure.
He was content to give them just cause of offense,
when they had power to make just revenge. --Sir P.
Sidney.
3. A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin. [Obs.]
Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! --Matt.
xviii. 7.
Note: This word, like expense, is often spelled with a c. It
ought, however, to undergo the same change with
expense, the reasons being the same, namely, that s
must be used in offensive as in expensive, and is found
in the Latin offensio, and the French offense.
To take offense, to feel, or assume to be, injured or
affronted; to become angry or hostile.
Weapons of offense, those which are used in attack, in
distinction from those of defense, which are used to
repel.
Syn: Displeasure; umbrage; resentment; misdeed; misdemeanor;
trespass; transgression; delinquency; fault; sin; crime;
affront; indignity; outrage; insult.
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