Offenso, offensas, offensâre. Frequentatiuum ab offensum supino verbi Offendo. Liu.To hit ofte or to let: to thrust againste a thing that displeaseth.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
offenso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [1. offendo], to strike or dash against (not in Cic. or Caes.). I.Lit.: sponte suā offensando ut semina rerum, Lucr. 2, 1059; so id. 6, 1053: omnes offensare capita,
dash their heads against the wall
, Liv. 25, 37.—II.Trop., to stumble, trip, falter in speaking, Quint. 10, 7, 10.—(Offensatus, Quint. 10, 3, 20, is a false reading for offensator, q.v.).