UM'BRAGE, noun [Latin umbra, a shade.] 1. A shade; a screen of trees; as the umbrage of woods. 2. Shadow; shade; slight appearance. The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of reason on its side. [See Shadow.] 3. Suspicion of injury; offense; resentment. The court of France took umbrage at the conduct of spain.
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