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proffer
 
SYLLABICATION:prof·fer
PRONUNCIATION:  prfr
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: prof·fered, prof·fer·ing, prof·fers
To offer for acceptance; tender. See synonyms at offer.
NOUN: The act of proffering; an offer.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English profren, from Old French poroffrir, profrir : por-, forth (from Latin pr-; see pro–1) + offrir, to offer (from Latin offerre; see offer).
OTHER FORMS:proffer·er —NOUN
 
 
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