Offer /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Offered; p. pr. & vb. n. Offering

1. 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.

   A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices.

2. To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage.

   I offer thee three things.

3. To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness; as, he offered to help me.
4. To attempt; to undertake.

   All that offer to defend him.

5. To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.
6. To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.

1. To present itself; to be at hand.

   The occasion offers, and the youth complies.

2. To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; -- used with at.

   He would be offering at the shepherd's voice.

   I will not offer at that I can not master.

1. The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.
2. That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid.

   When offers are disdained, and love denied.

3. Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch the ball.