What does "offer" mean?

Additional senses

1. 2.2. 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. 2 Sam. xxiv.
2. 3.3. 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.
3. 4.To attempt; to undertake. All that offer to defend him. Shak.
4. 5.To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.
5. 6.To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.
6. 7.To present itself; to be at hand. The occasion offers, and the youth complies. Dryden.
7. 8.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.
8. 9.The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance. "This offer comes from mercy." Shak.
9. 10.That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid. When offers are disdained, and love denied. Pope.
10. 11.Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch the ball. "Some offer and attempt." South.