proffer
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Is proffer a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) An attempt, an essay.Examples: "[A]fter ſome reſiſtance with ſhotte and arrowes, and profer of onſet made by their horſemen, they were put to flight, [...]"; "It is a Thing ſtrange in Nature, when it is attentiuely conſidered, How Children and ſome Birds, learne to imitate Speech. [...] It is true, that it is done with time, and by little and little, and with many Eſſayes and Proffers: But all this diſchargeth not the VVonder."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive, reflexive) To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of.Examples: "to proffer friendship, a gift, or services"; "Cæſar in this hath offered like himſelfe, / He proffereth to preſerue your tovvne vntouch'd: / Your goods, your vviues, your liues, your liberties: […]"; "Thou proffers me of thy wages to have: / I thee defy, power, and all the leave, / That helps thee here of thy ſtout nation."reflexivetransitive
2. (transitive, obsolete) To attempt or essay of one's own accord; to undertake or propose to undertake.Examples: "[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; [...]"obsoletetransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary