2. That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock. To the gods alone Our future offspring and our wives are known. Dryden.
3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] Fairfax.
OFFTAKE
Off"take`, n. [Off + take.]
1. Act of taking off; specif., the taking off or purchase of goods.
2. Something taken off; a deduction.
3. A channel for taking away air or water; also, the point of beginning of such a channel; a take-off.
OFFUSCATE; OFFUSCATION
Of*fus"cate, Of`fus*ca`tion.
Defn: See Obfuscate, Obfuscation. [Obs.]
OFT
Oft (ôft; 115), adv. Etym: [AS. oft; akin to OS. & G. oft, OHG. ofto,
Sw. ofta, Dan. ofte, Icel.opt, Goth. ufta; of uncertain origin. Cf.
Often.]
Defn: Often; frequently; not rarely; many times. [Poetic] Chaucer.
Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Pope.