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proffre

proffre is the obsolete form of proffer.

Meaning of proffer

Noun

proffer (plural proffers)

  1. An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender.
    • [T]heir ovvn eies vvilbe perhaps more curious iudges, out of heareſay they may have builded many conceites, vvhich I can not perchaunce vvil not performe, then vvil vndeſerued repentance be a greater ſhame and iniurie vnto me, then their vndeſerued proffer, is honour.a. 1587, Philip Sidney, “The Fifth Booke”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia […] [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1593, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    proposition
  2. (obsolete) An attempt, an essay.
    • [A]fter ſome reſiſtance with ſhotte and arrowes, and profer of onſet made by their horſemen, they were put to flight, [...]1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “Queene Marie”, in The Laste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume II, London: […] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, page 1725, column 2

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Forms of proffre

Noun
pluralproffres
Verb
third-person singular presentproffres
present participleproffring
past participleproffred
pastproffred

Questions about proffre

What is proffre the obsolete form of?
Proffre is the obsolete form of proffer.

Words near proffre in the dictionary

  1. proffessor
  2. Proffit
  3. Proffits
  4. Proffitt
  5. Proffitts
  6. proffre
  7. proffres
  8. profibril
  9. profibrillatory
  10. profibrils
  11. profibrinogenic

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