offer (ofer)

[= OFries. offer = D. offer = MLG. offer = OHG. opfar, opphar, offar, ophar, opfer, opher, MHG. opfer, G. opfer = Icel. offr = Sw. Dan. offer; from the verb.] 1. The act of presenting to notice or for acceptance, or that which is brought forward or presented to notice or for acceptance; a proposal made and submitted: as, his offer of protection was declined; to receive an offer of marriage. The offers he doth make Were not for him to give, nor them to take. When offers are disdain'd, and love deny'd. Daniel . Pope , R. of the L., i. 82. 2. The act of bidding or proposing to give a price or to do for a price, or the sum bid; a tender or proposal to give or do something for a specified equivalent, or for something in re- turn: as, no offer of le than a dollar will be received; he made an offer for the building of the bridge. When stock is high, they come between, Making by second hand their offers . Swift , South-Sea Project, st. 20. 3. Attempt; endeavor; e ay; show; pretense. I never saw her yet Make offer at the least glance of affection, But still so modest, wise! Fletcher , Pilgrim, i. 1. He had no sooner spoken these words, but he made an offer of throwing himself into the water. Steele , Spectator, No. 118. 4t. An offering; something presented by way of sacrifice or of acknowledgment. Let the tribute offer of my tears procure your stay awhile Nor, shouldst thou offer all thy little store, with me. Sir P. Sidney. Will rich Iolas yield, but offer more. Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Eclogues, ii. 79. On offer, for sale. - Promise and offer, in Scots law . See IMG:content-1652.png:[blocks in formation] promise. offerable (of'er-a-bl), a. [Cf. OF. offrable; as offer + -able.] Capable of being offered. to ship: offer often sacrifices; with hence, to to sacrifice; immolate, offerer (of'er-er), n. With oute the Zate of that Temple is an Awtiere, where Jewes were in wont to offren Dowves and Turtles. Mandeville , Travels, p. 87. IMG:content-1653.png:[blocks in formation] 4. To expose for sale. - 5. To propose to give or to do; proffer; volunteer; show a disposition or declare a willingne to do (something): as, to offer help; to offer battle. Since the 9th of July his readine to " offer battle," or to "strike" when the proper moment should arrive, had oozed away. The Century, XXXVI. 285. 6. To attempt to do; set about doing (something) to or against one; attempt; make a show of doing (something): as, to offer violence or resistance; to offer an insult. One who offers, in any sense of that word, or presents for acceptance; one who sacrifices or dedicates in worship; one who offers a proposal, or makes a bid or ten der.