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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Offer

Ŏf'fer, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. OFFERED; p. pr. & vb. n. OFFERING.] [O. Fr. offrirre, offrir, N. Fr. offrir, Pr. offrir, It. offerire, offrire, O. It. offerere, Sp. ofrecer, Pg. offerecer, Lat. offerre, from prefix ob and ferre, to bear, bring.]

Sense 1. To bring to or before; to hold out; to present for acceptance or rejection; to exhibit.

The heathen women, under the Mogul, offer themselves to the flames at the death of their husbands. Collier.

Sense 2. To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal to.

I offer thee three things. 2 Sam. xxiv. 12.

Sense 3. Hence, to attempt; to undertake.

Sense 4. To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion;—often with up.

Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin-offering for atonement. Ex. xxix. 36.

Offer unto God thanksgiving.

Ps. i. 14.

A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices. 1 Pet. ii. 5.

Sense 5. To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer ten guineas for a ring; to offer a salary.

Sense 6. To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; as, to offer violence, assault, attack, or the like.

Synonyms—To propose; propound; move; proffer; tender; sacrifice; immolate.

Ŏf'fer, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To present itself; to be at hand. The occasion offers, and the youth complies. Dryden.

  1. To present verbally; to declare a willingness; as, he offered to accompany his brother.
  2. To make an attempt; — formerly with at.

We came close to the shore, and offered to land. Bacon. I will not offer at that I can not master. Bacon.

Ŏf'fer, n.

noun

n. [Fr. offre, O. Fr. offerte, Pr. offra, offerta, It. & Pg. offerta, Sp. oferta. See supra.]

  1. The act of offering or bringing forward; a first advance. “Force compels this offer.” Shak.
  2. That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected. “When offers are disdained, and love denied.” Pope.
  3. Attempt; endeavor; essay. [Obs.]

It is in the power of every one to make some essay, some offer and attempt. South.