offensible
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2VERB + OFFENSIBLE
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OFFENSIBLE + NOUN
ceremonies
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adj
That may give offense; offensive.
Nether do I se to what purpose it is to burthen the Churche with tryfflinge and unprofitable Ceremonies; or as I maie terme them with their propre name, hurtefull and offensible ceremonies, when as there is libertie to have a symple and pure Order .
Your Lordships say that her Majesty thinketh it strange, and taketh it offensible, that I appointed the Earl of Southampton general of the horse , seeing her Majesty not only denied it when I moved it, but gave an express prohibition to any such choice.
Able to take offense; offendable.
Not having danced there for many years, I was then invited to it by a lady out of the country whom I had too much regard for to decline the favour; and asking her what she would please to have called for, she said, Sir Watkin's Jig, which accordingly I called for by that appellation and no other, not having the least design of giving offence to any body, or suspiciou that any body would then choose to be so offensible as to object to it, much less to make any kind of disturbance about it.
Not because I am spoilt, though you knit your brows and think so. . nor because I am exacting and offensible, though you may fancy that too.
Conducive to and associated with the commitment of offenses, especially criminal offenses.
offensible space
I might add to that, as a technical matter, the type of reactors the U.S. suppliers are not exporting, so called light water reactors, are the less offensible in terms of the proliferation problem, of potentially any other reactor type that has been developed.
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3Nether do I se to what purpose it is to burthen the Churche with tryfflinge and unprofitable Ceremonies; or as I maie terme them with their propre name, hurtefull and offensible ceremonies, when as th
WiktionaryYour Lordships say that her Majesty thinketh it strange, and taketh it offensible, that I appointed the Earl of Southampton general of the horse , seeing her Majesty not only denied it when I moved it
WiktionaryBut the Lanox men were too hilarious, with counting their unhatched goals to be offensible.
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