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Grammar : Verb
Spell : prof-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒf ər



Definition of proffer

Origin :
  • "to offer," late 13c., from Anglo-French profrier (mid-13c.), Old French poroffrir (11c.), from por- "forth" (from Latin pro-; see pro-) + offrir "to offer," from Latin offerre (see offer (v.)). Related: Proffered; proffering. As a noun from late 14c.
  • verb suggest, offer
Example sentences :
  • Let me end as I begun, with the proffer of my hand in grasp of yours extended.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Now to thee, my prince, I proffer them all, gladly give them.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • I do not proffer this hand to everybody; but you steal into my heart.
  • Extract from : « The Contrast » by Royall Tyler
  • But, if he was sincere, if he meant what he said, why did he not come again to proffer it?
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He felt in a way obliged to proffer a word or two about the interview.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • Is this house now your own, that you can make a proffer of it to any one?
  • Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
  • I understand that proffer, and accept it as freely as it is given.
  • Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • He took her traveling case from her hand, muttering a proffer to assist her.
  • Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
  • She disdainfully refused his proffer of assistance and mounted the pony.
  • Extract from : « The Trail to Yesterday » by Charles Alden Seltzer
  • Had it not seemed then as if he almost wished that the proffer should come from her?
  • Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope

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