OFFER (2)

offer (2). Offer, n. a proposal, tender, attempt, price bidden

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Of″fer, v. i. 1. 1. To present itself; to be at hand.
The occasion offers, and the youth complies. Dryden. 2. 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.