4. To attempt; to undertake. All that offer to defend him. Shak.
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.
Syn.
— To propose; propound; move; proffer; tender; sacrifice; immolate.
OFFER
Of"fer, v. i.
1. To present itself; to be at hand. The occasion offers, and the youth complies. Dryden.
2. To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; — used with at.
"Without offering at any other remedy." Swift.
He would be offering at the shepherd's voice. L'Estrange.
I will not offer at that I can not master. Bacon.
OFFER
Of"fer, n. Etym: [Cf. F. offre, fr. offrir to offer, fr. L. offerre.
See Offer, v. t.]
1. The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance. "This offer comes from mercy." Shak.
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. Pope.