Of (prep.) During; in the course of.
Off (adv.) In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
Off (adv.) Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
Off (adv.) Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.
Off (adv.) Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
Off (adv.) Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
Off (adv.) Denoting opposition or negation.
Off (interj.) Away; begone; -- a command to depart.
Off (prep.) Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
Off (a.) On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.
Off (a.) Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics.
Off (n.) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
Offal (n.) The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.
Offal (n.) A dead body; carrion.
Offal (n.) That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
Offcut (n.) That which is cut off.
Offcut (n.) A portion ofthe printed sheet, in certain sizes of books, that is cut off before folding.
Offence (n.) See Offense.
Offended (imp. & p. p.) of Offend
Offending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offend
Offend (v. t.) To strike against; to attack; to assail.
Offend (v. t.) To displease; to make angry; to affront.
Offend (v. t.) To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
Offend (v. t.) To transgress; to violate; to sin against.
Offend (v. t.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
Odfend (v. i.) To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin.
Odfend (v. i.) To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.
Offendant (n.) An offender.
Offender (n.) One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer.
Offendress (n.) A woman who offends.
Offense (n.) Alt. of Offence
Offence (n.) The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury.
Offence (n.) The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
Offence (n.) A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.
Offenseful (a.) Causing offense; displeasing; wrong; as, an offenseful act.
Offenseless (a.) Unoffending; inoffensive.
Offensible (a.) That may give offense.
Offension (n.) Assault; attack.
Offensive (a.) Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.
Offensive (a.) Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds.
Offensive (a.) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons.
Offensive (n.) The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive.
Offered (imp. & p. p.) of Offer
Offering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offer
Offer (v. t.) To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.
Offer (v. t.) To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage.
Offer (v. t.) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness; as, he offered to help me.
Offer (v. t.) To attempt; to undertake.
Offer (v. t.) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.
Offer (v. t.) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.
Offer (v. i.) To present itself; to be at hand.
Offer (v. i.) To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; -- used with at.
Offer (v. t.) The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.
Offer (v. t.) That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid.
Offer (v. t.) Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch the ball.
Offerable (a.) Capable of being offered; suitable or worthy to be offered.
Offerer (n.) One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship.
Offering (n.) The act of an offerer; a proffering.
Offering (n.) That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering.
Offering (n.) A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings.
Offertories (pl. ) of Offertory
Offertory (n.) The act of offering, or the thing offered.
Offertory (n.) An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ, during the offering and first part of the Mass.
Offertory (n.) That part of the Mass which the priest reads before uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for consecration.
Offertory (n.) The oblation of the elements.
Offertory (n.) The Scripture sentences said or sung during the collection of the offerings.
Offertory (n.) The offerings themselves.
Offerture (n.) Offer; proposal; overture.
Offhand (a.) Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses.
Offhand (adv.) In an offhand manner; as, he replied offhand.
Office (n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices.
Office (n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office.
Office (n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new.
Office (n.) That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings.
Office (n.) The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office.
Office (n.) The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.
Office (n.) The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc.
Office (n.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service.
Office (v. t.) To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge.
Officeholder (n.) An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
Officer (n.) One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer.
Officer (n.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.
Officered (imp. & p. p.) of Officer
Officering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Officer
Officer (v. t.) To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.
Officer (v. t.) To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.
Official (n.) Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
Official (n.) Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report.
Official (n.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.
Official (n.) Discharging an office or function.
Official (a.) One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
Official (a.) An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
Officialism (n.) The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.
Officialily (n.) See Officialty.
Officially (adv.) By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; as, accounts or reports officially vertified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified.
Officialty (n.) The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official.
Officiant (n.) The officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burial office.
Officiary (a.) Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official.
Officiated (imp. & p. p.) of Officiate
Officiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Officiate