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Offering   /ˈɔfərɪŋ/  /ˈɔfrɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Offer  v. t.  (past & past part. offered; pres. part. 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.
Synonyms: To propose; propound; move; proffer; tender; sacrifice; immolate.



Offer  v. i.  
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. "Without offering at any other remedy." "He would be offering at the shepherd's voice." "I will not offer at that I can not master."



noun
Offering  n.  
1.
The act of an offerer; a proffering.
2.
That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering. "They are polluted offerings more abhorred Than spotted livers in the sacrifice."
3.
A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings. "(None) to the offering before her should go."
Burnt offering, Drink offering, etc. See under Burnt. etc.






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"Offering" Quotes from Famous Books



... broad central walk. Then, after the bed is thoroughly worked, manured, and graded, the plants are divided and reset, the leavings often serving as a sort of horticultural wampum, the medium of exchange among neighbours with gardens, or else going as a freewill offering to found a garden for one of the "plotters" who ...
— The Garden, You, and I • Mabel Osgood Wright

... unity, you mean! If you want spectacles, here are mine!" shouted the Captain, angrily tearing them off and offering them ...
— All Around the Moon • Jules Verne

... mistaken in the cause of this hesitation, and, attributing it to a fear the grocer might have of offering humble hospitality, "Never mind, never mind," said he, still going up, "the dwelling of a tradesman in this quarter is not expected to be a ...
— The Man in the Iron Mask • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... the direction indicated; he could not help doing so, bitter as the necessity was. Mr. Fairfield followed, begging and pleading with all his eloquence, and even offering as high as a dollar for the ...
— Freaks of Fortune - or, Half Round the World • Oliver Optic

... ultimate is from mouth to mouth, any book that reaches a large circulation. It is this that many times causes a single reader, in view of its value to himself, to purchase numbers of copies for others. "A good poem," says Emerson, "goes about the world offering itself to reasonable men, who read it with joy and carry it to their reasonable neighbors. Thus it draws to it the wise and generous souls, confirming their secret thoughts, and through their sympathy really ...
— In Tune with the Infinite - or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty • Ralph Waldo Trine


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