All 3 Uses
proffer
in
Me Before You
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- I smiled at a few, paused to take photographs of others with proffered cameras.†
p. 155.9 *proffered = offered
- Above us, on a glass-fronted balcony, men in suits proffered champagne glasses to women in wedding outfits.†
p. 159.7
- I took the card that she proffered regardless, a little stunned that this woman would have the slightest interest in what I did with my life.†
p. 289.7
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)