Sekirov Dictionary

proffer

UK /ˈpɹɒfə(ɹ)/US /ˈpɹɑfɚ/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 5
phrases 1

noun2

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An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender.
- [H]ow, if you tell him this, will you make him understand that I say so as an act of justice, and not in the least as a proffer of affection? — 1886
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(no longer used) An attempt, an essay.
- [A]fter some resistance with shotte and arrowes, and profer of onset made by their horsemen, they were put to flight, [...] — 1577

verb2

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[with oneself] To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of.
- to proffer friendship, a gift, or services
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(no longer used) To attempt or essay of one's own accord; to undertake or propose to undertake.
- [N]one among the choice and prime / Of those Heav'n-warring Champions could be found / So hardie as to proffer or accept / Alone the dreadful voyage; [...] — 1667

forms

proffered · proffering · proffereth · proffers · profferest

Phrases with proffer

proffer up
To proffer (something); to offer or make available (something).

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