Both Uses
proffer
in
The Monkey's Paw
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- The sergeant-major shook hands, and taking the proffered seat by the fire, watched contentedly while his host got out whiskey and tumblers and stood a small copper kettle on the fire.†
proffered = offered
- He took something out of his pocket and proffered it.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)