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.
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.