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proffered

American

[prof-erd] / ˈprɒf ərd /

adjective

put before someone for acceptance; offered.

Thanks for all the proffered advice.
He concluded that something was better than nothing, and agreed to the proffered terms.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of proffer.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

unproffered

adjective

Etymology

Origin of proffered

First recorded in 1375–1425; proffer ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective; proffer ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb

Example Sentences

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Proffered visits to nearly 40 industrial, cultural or historic sites proved interesting enough, but there was little room for individual enterprise.

From Time Magazine Archive

We parted then with pride— Neither with sighs nor words Proffered I thee reproach of jealousy ...

From Yama: the pit by Guerney, Bernard Guilbert

The senate, we are told, rejected the Proffered help.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

A stranger youth of noble mien, Proffered his hand to the village queen.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 472, January 22, 1831 by Various

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