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offered, ppl. a.|ˈɒfəd|
[f. offer + -ed.]
1. a. Brought as an offering; presented for acceptance, etc.: see the verb.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 87 Þet ioffrede lomb þet þe engel het offrian bitacneð cristes deðþe. 1566Securis Detection C vij b, The common prouerbe saith, that offered seruice stynketh. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 300 Thou thy self with scorne And anger wouldst resent the offer'd wrong. 1681J. Flavel Meth. Grace xxxiii. 550 The refusal of offered salvation. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 547 A..Goat..Whose offer'd Entrails shall..drip their Fatness from the Hazle Broach. 1885Athenæum 25 July 104/2 Faust..discarded the offered aid.
b. In the sense of offer v. 3 j.
1960R. Syski Introd. Congestion Theory Teleph. Syst. v. 194 If an offered call cannot be served immediately because at the instant of its arrival no free channel is available, the source which originated it nevertheless continues to demand service. 1974Cox & Reudink in W. C. Jakes Microwave Mobile Communic. vii. 550 Sometimes estimates of offered traffic are made directly instead of estimating attempt rates and holding times separately.
2. [f. offer n. 1 b.] That has received an offer (of marriage). rare.
1709Steele Tatler No. 52 ⁋3 It..assigns to a long Despair the Woman who is well offer'd, and neglects that Proposal. |