2. Verb. (third-person singular of proffer) ¹
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Definition of Proffers
1. proffer [v] - See also: proffer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proffers
Literary usage of Proffers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"... from the state council—Proposals of Philip for mediation with the United
Provinces—The provinces resolutely decline all proffers of intervention. ..."
2. Bradford's History "of Plimoth Plantation.": From the Original Manuscript by William Bradford, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State (1899)
"... depend for shipping and means, whose proffers had been large, they were
requested to fitt and prepare them selves with all speed. ..."
3. Records of the Court of New Castle on Delaware by Colonial Society of Pennsylvania (1904)
"till next Court in vf^ tyme hee proffers and will send to New Yorke to ye Greatest
Credito™ as hee has done before for one of them to ..."
4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1828)
"... meets—The Vice-president, Santander, likewise, proffers his Re.sgaa.'
tion—Congress refuses to accept either— A National ..."
5. London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions by Henry B. Wheatley, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"... direction of a way which has been made by him in Long Acre, proffers entire
submission and will cause the way to be altered as his Majesty may direct. ..."
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