Proffer
['prɒfə] or ['prɑfɚ]
Definition
(v. t.) To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.
(v. t.) To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake.
(n.) An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship.
(n.) Essay; attempt.
Checker: Mara
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Tender, offer, volunteer.
n. Tender, offer, proposal.
Edited by Kathleen
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Offer, propose, tender, volunteer
ANT:Withhold, detain
Inputed by Alisa
Definition
v.t. to bring forward: to propose: to offer for acceptance.—n. an offer made: a proposal.—n. Proff′erer.
Checked by Elaine
Examples
- Impulses of sympathy came naturally to her, and it was instinctive to proffer her help to Mrs. Fisher. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She seemed to think it unnecessary to proffer any eager disavowal of the charge. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Is it thus a woman should proffer her love? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Tossed about all her life from one foreign school to another, she may justly proffer the plea of ignorance in extenuation of most of her faults. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Wherefore, good my master, either take my proffer yourself, or suffer me to leave this dungeon as free as I entered. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Tarzan smiled as he took the proffered hand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Mr. Winkle seized the wicker bottle which his friend proffered, and took a lengthened pull at the exhilarating liquid. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr Venus shook the proffered hand with a modest air, and they pursued the direction of the Bower. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But he would rather not live than accept the love she proffered. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Also, when he said to Clennam, seating himself in the proffered chair, 'And you are in a new business, Mr Clennam? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Lawrence Selden was among those who had yielded to the proffered inducements. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I grasped her proffered arm and together we crossed the plaza toward a large building on the far side. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The temptation to postpone is much increased because the present offers so many wonderful opportunities and proffers such invitations to adventure. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But it takes back with one hand what it proffers with the other. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Editor: Ozzie