One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejectingoffers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
(law) Aninvitation to enter into abindingcontract communicated to another party which containsterms sufficientlydefinite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
His first letter was not a realoffer, but an attempt to determine interest.
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Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as theMount Vernonoffered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic[…]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become.[…]But the scandals kept coming,[…]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead itoffers fixes and patches.
1697,Virgil, “The Fourth Book of theGeorgics”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis.[…], London:[…]Jacob Tonson,[…],→OCLC:
Much was I disappointed upon learning that the little packet for Nantucket had already sailed, and that no way of reaching that place wouldoffer, till the following Monday.
(obsolete) To make an attempt; typically used withat.
a.1627 (date written),Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine.[…]”, inWilliam Rawley, editor,Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban.[…], London:[…] I. Hauiland forHumphrey Robinson,[…], published1629,→OCLC:
[W]ithoutoffering at any other Remedy, without taking time to conſider the Conſequences, or to reflect on our own Condition, we haſtily engaged in a War which hath coſt us ſixty Millions;[…]
Here Jones, after expressing the utmost uneasiness,offered to stop her mouth:—“Hey-day! why sure, Mr Jones, you will let me speak; I speaks no scandal, for I only says what I heard from others[…]
(transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
1979 December 15, “Two Assaulted in Bay Village in Separate Incidents”, inGay Community News, volume 7, number21, page 3:
A car turned the corner and stopped, and three or four people emerged and approached her, grabbing her purse. When sheoffered resistance, one of the assailants took out a knife and stabbed her in the lower abdomen and legs.
2013, Andrew Wiest,Vietnam: A View from the Front Lines, page125:
The Viet Cong and NVA tended tooffer battle only when they felt that they held a tactical advantage – if they didn't they usually hunkered down in their nearly invisible bunkers and let the Americans pass.
tooffer violence to somebody
The peasantsoffered no resistance as they were rounded up.
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Once you finally discover yourself a dismember-er, a de-limber, a fucking head-cutter-offer, the most simple of tasks — enjoying a long walk outside, seeing a movie, conversing with a stranger in the library — all become prized and over-inflated moments of elation.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “offer”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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