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Definition of Proffer

1. Noun. A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection. "It was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"

2. Verb. Present for acceptance or rejection. "She offered us all a cold drink"

Definition of Proffer

1. v. t. To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.

2. n. An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship.

Definition of Proffer

1. Noun. An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship. ¹

2. Noun. Essay; attempt. ¹

3. Verb. To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship. ¹

4. Verb. To essay or attempt of one’s own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proffer

1. to present for acceptance [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proffer

professorate professorates professorial professorialism professorially professoriat professoriate professoriates professoriats professors

professorship professorships professory professour professours proffer (current term) proffered profferer profferers profferest

proffereth proffering proffers proffre profibrinolytic profibrotic proficiencies proficiency proficient proficiently

Literary usage of Proffer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"But if 'twere so, that Atreus' Son still show'd Thine enemy—if he proffer'd not these gifts Nor promised more ..."

2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Aloud, ' I take thy proffer, Guy, But tell me where thy comrades lie.' • Not far from hence,' Guy Denzil said; ' Descend and cross the river's bed Where ..."

3. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"279 For this is he, who, with a borrow'd name, And proffer'd service, to thy palace came, Now call'd Philostratus : re tain M by thee, jA traitor trusted, ..."

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