off time

The time during which one's regular busine or occupation is discontinued; leisure time. off-year, s. In the United States a year in which no general election is held. off, v. i. [OFF, adv.] IMG:content-0245.png:[blocks in formation] *B. As adj .: Refuse, worthle . "Glean not in barren soil these offal ears, Sith reap thou mayst whole harvests of delight." South well: Lewd Love is Lost. off-cast, s. [Eng. off, and cast.) That which is cast away or rejected; rubbish. of-fençe', s. (OFFENSE.] of-fend, v . t .& i . [Fr. offendre , from Lat. offendo, from of (for ob -)=against, and fen do (used only in compounds) = to strike; Sp. of ender ; Ital. offender .] A. Transitive : *1. To attack, to a ail, to strike. "He was fain to defend himself, and withal so to offend him, that by an unlucky blow the poor Phil oxen us fell dead at his feet."-Sidney: Arcadia . *2. To harm, to hurt, to injure, to damage. "Thou offend est thy lungs to speak so loud." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, iv. 1. 3. To make angry; to displease, to affront, to insult, to mortify. "If any, speak; for him have I offended." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, iii. 2. 4. To annoy; to be offensive to; to molest. "The rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril." Shakesp.: Merry Wives of Windsor, iii. 5. *5. To injure by tempting or drawing to evil, wickedne , or neglect of duty; to tempt to go astray. "Whoso shall offend one of these little ones, which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea." - Matthew xviii. 6. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f IMG:content-0246.png:[blocks in formation] *6. Taking offense; offended. "Lest, she offensive at my presumption, I perish in the height of my thoughts."-Greene: Menaphon, p. 53. B. As subst. ( with the def. article):. The act of attacking; an offensive or aggre ive attitude; as, to act on the offensive. A league or compact under which two or more nations bind themselves to make war together against any other nation or nations, and to defend each other in case of attack. 1. In an offensive manner; by way of attack or aggre ion. 2. So as to cause offense, irritation, or annoyance. "He became offensively arrogant and vain."-Macaulay: IMG:content-0247.png:[blocks in formation] "Some ideas forwardly offer themselves to all men's understandings."-Locke. 5. To threaten, to menace; to set about, to at- " Offer him no violence." 6. To bid, as a price, payment, or reward. B. Intransitive: IMG:content-0248.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To be at hand; to present itself; to appear; to Port.officio ; Ital. officio , ofizio . ] be ready. IMG:content-0249.png:[blocks in formation] "One sees in it a kind of offer at modern architecture." -Add is on: On Italy. (1) On offer : For sale. (2) Promise and offer : [PROMISE, 8. ] of-fer-a-ble, a . [Eng. offer ; -able .] Capable of being offered; fit or suitable to be offered. "Allowing all that hath Cesar's image onely on it, offerable to Cesar." - Mountagu: Devout E ays , pt. i., tr. x., § 7. IMG:content-0250.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Eccles.: A formulary of devotions; a form of service appointed for a particular occasion; a prescribed form or act of worship. "The Lord's prayer, the ten commandments, and the creed, is a very good office for them, if they are not fitted for more regular offices ."-Taylor. (1) Arms of Office : Her.: Arms worn by the holders of certain offices, as, for instance, those borne by the kings of arms. (2) Divine Office : Roman Ritual : Divinum officium , a phrase which occurs in the decree of Pius V., imposing the Breviary, as it at present exists, upon the whole Roman Church, with certain specified exceptions. The Divine Office consists of Matins, with Lauds, Prime, Tierce, Sext, None, and Vespers with Compline. The daily recitation of the Divine Office in the Roman Church is obligatory (a) on all clerics who hold a benefice; (b) on all persons in holy orders; and (c) on all religious of both sexes profe ed for service of the choir. A remnant of this custom is found in the Preface to the Prayer Book, where it is enjoined that "Priests and Deacons are to say daily the Morning and Evening Prayer either pri vately or openly, not being let by sickne or some other urgent cause." (3) Holy Office : [INQUISITION, 8., II. 1.] (4) Inquest of Office : [INQUEST.] (5) Little Office : Roman Ritual : An office modeled on the Divine Office, though not nearly so long, and recited in honor of the Virgin Mary. In many congregations the Little Office is substituted for that of the Breviary. (6) To give the office : To forewarn; to give information. ( Slang .) (1) To say one's Office: To recite the Divine Office.