Definition of off

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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..

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Catechumen :: Catechumen (L. catechunenus, Gr. / instructed, from /. See) One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church..
Transgress :: Transgress (v. i.) To offend against the law; to sin.
Affront :: Affront (v. t.) To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.
Palm :: Palm (v. t.) To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off..
Displease :: Displease (v. t.) To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke..
Offending :: Offending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offen.
Chantry :: Chantry (n.) An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder..
Coffeeman :: Coffeeman (n.) One who keeps a coffeehouse.
Unboot :: Unboot (v. t.) To take off the boots from.
Comptroler :: Comptroler (n.) A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts.
Distasteful :: Distasteful (a.) Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth..
Bark :: Bark (v. t.) To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
Externe :: Externe (n.) An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients..
Booking Office :: Booking office () An office where passage tickets are sold.
Spall :: Spall (v. i.) To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface..
Apocope :: Apocope (n.) The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress..
Surview :: Surveyorship (n.) The office of a surveyor.
Banneret :: Banneret (n.) A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
Sniff :: Sniff (v. t.) To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt..
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