Both Uses of
proffer
in
Gone with the Wind
- She was going to say "when you haven't the man you want," but Gerald, incensed by the cavalier way in which she treated his proffered gift, the thing which, next to Ellen, he loved best in the whole world uttered a roar.†
Chpt 1.2
- She sank into the proffered chair, glaring at the discomfited fat captain, and gave her name.†
Chpt 4.34 *
Definition:
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(proffer) to offer somethingin various senses, including:
- to hold something out for someone to take
- to offer a suggestion for acceptance or rejection
- to offer a good or service for sale
- to offer a gift
- to offer peace or friendship