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profferest

profferest is the second-person singular simple present indicative 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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Origin of profferest

proffer + -est

Questions about profferest

What is profferest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Profferest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of proffer.

Words near profferest in the dictionary

  1. proffer up
  2. proffered
  3. proffered up
  4. profferer
  5. profferers
  6. profferest
  7. proffereth
  8. proffering
  9. proffering up
  10. profferings
  11. proffers

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