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proffered

proffered is the simple past and past participle of proffer.

Meaning of proffer

Verb

proffer (third-person singular simple present proffers, present participle proffering, simple past and past participle proffered)

  1. (reflexive, transitive) To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of.
    • to proffer friendship, a gift, or services
  2. (obsolete, transitive) 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, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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What is proffered the simple past and past participle of?
Proffered is the simple past and past participle of proffer.

Words near proffered in the dictionary

  1. proffees
  2. proffer
  3. proffer letter
  4. proffer letters
  5. proffer up
  6. proffered
  7. proffered up
  8. profferer
  9. profferers
  10. profferest
  11. proffereth

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