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he Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods.

An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed…

To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.

A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.

A place where the nourishment and care of babies are offered for hire.

to feast. Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets, I would not taste thy treasonous offer. Milton.

One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal. "A Barmecide feast." Dickens.

A cofferdam. Brande & C.

To pray; also, to offer; to proffer. [Obs.] R. of Gloucester. Chaucer.

receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate. The rich men will be offering sacrifice to their Deity whose beneficiaries they are. Jer. Taylor.

To give; to offer; to commit. [Obs.] To whom, with all submission, on my knee I do bequeath my faithful services And true subjection everlastingly. Shak.

To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract).

One who bids or offers a price. Burke.

The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction.

To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer.

An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, God; speaking evil of God; also, the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity.

the public against companies that do not intend to do a fair and honest business and that offer investments that do not promise a fair return; -- so called because the promises made by some investment companies are as boundless or alluring as the blue sky, or, perhaps, because designed to clear away the clouds and fogs…

A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] Sir W. Scott

A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into the public service; or to encourage any branch of industry, as husbandry or manufactures. Bounty jumper, one who, during the latter part of the Civil War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted as soon as possible after receiving the bounty. [Collog.]…

d as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered.