verb
definition
To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of.
example
to proffer friendship, a gift, or services
definition
To attempt or essay of one's own accord; to undertake or propose to undertake.
noun
definition
The act by which something is proferred.
Examples of proffering in a Sentence
No truthful man, however much he may love the bird, will gainsay the depredations on fruit and eggs that it at times commits; but the gardeners and gamekeepers of Britain, instead of taking a few simple steps to guard their charge from injury, deliberately adopt methods of wholesale destruction - methods that in the case of this species are only too easy and too effectual--by proffering temptation to trespass which it is not in jay-nature to resist, and accordingly the bird runs great chance of total extirpation.
But just in case you thought it was all over, no need to fear…Curry is writing a book about her life, which she hopes will be made into a film, and Knight is proffering his own line of hair care products.
In vain Mithradates of Pontus and Tigranes turned to the Parthian king, the latter Confilets even proffering restitution of the conquered frontier with the provinces.
Dermot MacMorrough, king of Leinster, an unquiet Irish prince who for good reasons had been expelled by his neighbors, came to Henrys court in Normandy, proffering his allegiance in return for restoration to his lost dominions.